Effectiveness of corticosteroid injection in the buttock compared with corticosteroid injection in the knee joint in patients with knee osteoarthritis
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Knee, Corticosteroid, IntramuscularIn Dutch: Atrose, Knie, Corticosteroiden, Intramusculair
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23546
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center, Department of General Practice
- Brief Summary
ot yet available.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
1) contacted their general practitioner (consultation and/or repeat pain medication prescription) due to knee osteoarthritis (ICPC L90 or L15 with unequivocal diagnosis of osteoarthritis)) during the past five years;
2) aged 45 years and over;
Exclusion Criteria
1) use of oral corticosteroids;
2) intra-articular injection in a knee in the previous 6 months;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome is patient reported severity of pain measured with the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) pain subscale 4 weeks after the injection.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method