Evaluating the effects of using an ancillary method for performing intraarticular injections in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- knee osteoarthritis.Generalized osteoarthritis NOS
- Registration Number
- IRCT201401043217N8
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Age between 50 and 80 years old; grade 2 or 3 knee osteoarthritis based on Kellgren and Lawrence grading scale; not having any rheumatologic diseases; not responding to conservative medical therapies. Exclusion criteria: Receiving corticosteroids.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain severity at rest. Timepoint: Before starting the study and two months after the third injection. Method of measurement: Using visual analogue scale.;Knee's range of motion. Timepoint: Before starting the study and two months after the third injection. Method of measurement: By using goniometry.;Pain severity while moving. Timepoint: Before starting the study and two months after the third injection. Method of measurement: Using visual analogue scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method