An RCT comparing Effectiveness of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Versus Trigger Point Dry Needling In Tibiofemoral Osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Conditions: Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: M171- Unilateral primary osteoarthritisof knee

Registration Number: CTRI/2022/05/042523

Lead Sponsor: Subhanjan Das

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1.Mild to moderate2 clinically diagnosed primary tibiofemoral OA as per ACR criteria6

2.Patients of both sexes

3.Age 50 Ã¢â?¬â?? 65 years1

4.Chronic pain in the knee >3 months19

5.Unilateral symptoms

6.Ability to walk without support for 6 meters.

Exclusion Criteria

1.History of surgery of the painful knee.

2.History of severe or permanent injury/pathology (other than osteoarthritis) in the lower limb.

3.History of surgery of the lower limb in the preceding six months 19

4.Had received physiotherapy, manual therapy or any other local therapy that can affect the treatment efficacy or outcome in the preceding 2 months 19

5.Peripheral neuropathy or sensory loss around the treatment area.

6.Those who had received oral steroids, opiate treatment in the past 6 months 34

7.Patients with contraindications and concerns related to dry needling as listed out in 2013 APTA resource manual of dry needling. 11

8.Acute exacerbations

9.Malignancy or severe systemic disease

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS)Timepoint: Pre intervention: Day 1 before therapy <br/ ><br>Post intervention: 6 weeks <br/ ><br>Follow up: 4 Weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PPT via algometer. <br/ ><br>Pressure Pain Threshold of fixed points will be <br/ ><br>measuredTimepoint: Pre intervention: Day 1 before therapy <br/ ><br>Post intervention: 6 weeks <br/ ><br>Follow up: 4 Weeks;PPT via algometer. <br/ ><br>Pressure Pain Threshold of fixed points will be <br/ ><br>measuredTimepoint: Pre intervention: Day 1 before therapy <br/ ><br>Post intervention: Day 14 <br/ ><br>Follow up: 4 Weeks