Relative Therapeutic Efficacy of Laser Acupuncture Applied at Different Acupuncture Points in the Symptomatic Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Shmaila Hanif0 sites20 target enrollmentNovember 15, 2017

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who.int

Start Date

November 15, 2017

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

Shmaila Hanif

•1\. Knee pain for more than 25 of the past 30 days
•2\. Morning stiffness of less than 30 minutes.
•3\. Crepitus in the knee.
•1\. Knee pain for more than 25 of the past 30 days and
•2\. Osteophytes on x\-ray examination of the knee, indicating knee OA38\.
•3\. Patients with knee OA, who had pain for more than 25 of the past 30 days have any of the following criteria, were also recruited:
•1\. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate \<20 mm/1st hour.
•2\. Obliteration of joint space.
•3\. Patients with bilateral knee pain
•4\. Male and female patients.

•1\. Patients with low back pain: patients with radicular back pain may complain of knee pain, and thus that would interfere with perception of pain due to OA.
•2\. Patients on Non\-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) and other analgesic; as this would interfere with the result, since patients may experience decreased pain threshold.
•3\. Tumor in the lower limb as it is relatively contraindicated in laser therapy. This was ruled out at the initial diagnosis stage from the orthopedic department.
•4\. Patients with solar eczema photosensitivity and sunlight hypersensitivity: Patients with solar eczema or hypersensitivity to sunlight may react to laser therapy when high photon densities are used.
•5\. Patients who have earlier been exposed to laser therapy at the knee and and/or ankle joint, according to Al Rashoud et al35, laser therapy has a long term (6 month) post intervention effect.
•6\. Patients with labile epilepsy ¿ A pulsing light (especially with 5\-10 Hz frequency) can induce epileptic attacks.