Effects of Acupuncture in the treatment od chronic pain associated with Hip Osteoarthritis

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo0 个研究点开始时间: 2023年5月16日最近更新: 2024年1月23日

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•Be over 18 years old; Man or woman; Unilateral diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis according to clinical criteria; Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3 or 4 radiological classification; Failure in conservative treatment consisting of: exercises, pharmacological therapies such as analgesics or anti-inflammatory drugs, use of gait aids or no improvement when performing trigger point blocks; Pain assessed by Visual Analogue Scale greater than four; Previously not treated with acupuncture.

•Limitation of understanding of assessment procedures or instruments; Difficulty in clinical follow-up and attendance to reassessments for any reason; Diagnosis of other diseases that limit functionality or assessment of pain in the lower limbs; Painful involvement of other joints of the lower limbs by Osteoarthritis; Have previous hip surgeries.

发起方

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo