The effect of topical Pistacia vera oil on knee joint osteoarthritis
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis of knee
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180811040759N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 75
age 45-70 years
diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis according to American College of Rheumatology, approved by rheumatology specialist
the average knee pain within 24 hours is based on the linear-visual pain scale (VAS) between 4 to 7
Patients with inflammatory diseases (such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, history of brucellosis, etc.)
cancer or chronic diseases
symptoms or history of liver or kidney failure
oral corticosteroid consumption during the past 4 weeks
corticosteroid injection in the last 6 months
fever
Consumption of medical herbs continuously
Smoking
pistachio allergy
use of food and drug supplements
Oral use of other analgesics and other compounds effective in treating osteoarthritis up to 10 days before the study
Skin or infectious disease or ulcer at the place of administration
pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knee pain intensity. Timepoint: At the beginning and the end of the study (three months after the beginning of the study). Method of measurement: The linear-visual scale of pain.;Morning stiffness & Patients' function. Timepoint: At the beginning and the end of the study (three months after the beginning of the study). Method of measurement: WOMAC questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method