VETHU(STEAM BATH) FOLLOWED BY THOKKANAM(MASSAGE THERAPY) FOR UTHIRAVAATHA SURONITHAM(RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS)
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M059- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/08/035476
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Siddha Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Morning Stiffness more than 1 hour
Arthritis of joints in upper limb
Arthritis of 3 or more joints
Symmetrical Arthritis
RA factor positive or negative
Anti- CCP positive or negative
Patients those who are undertaking Anna Hospital OP medicine
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with cardiac problems
Hypertension patients
Patients with chronic renal failure
Rheumatic fever
Psoriatic arthropathy
Systemic Lupus Erethymatosus
Reiterâ??s arthritis
Electrolyte imbalance
Pregnant women and lactating mother
Patient during menstrual days
Any other serious systemic illness will be excluded clinically or based on available medical reports.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain reduction,improvement in range of movement,reduction in stiffnessTimepoint: 30 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Establish a clinical evidence base to increase the value of external therapy Vethu (steam bath). <br/ ><br>Establish the safety profile of standard Anna Hospital OP drugs which will be given in group 1Timepoint: 30 days