Efficacy of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency treatment on the saphenous nerve in knee osteoarthritis patients with refractory knee pain: A Randomized, double-blinded, pracebo-controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- refractory knee pain in knee osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000022736
- Lead Sponsor
- Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Acute knee pain 2. Other connective tissue diseases (such as RA) 3. Serious neurologic or psychiatric disorders 4. Intra-articular injection with steroids or hyaluronic acids during the previous 3 months 5. Anticoagulant and/or antiplatelet medications 6. pacemakers 7. Prior electroacupuncture treatment 8. A person who are determined ineligible by the clinical investigator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity using VAS, which were recorded at 12 weeks post procedure
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method