Efficacy of Laser Acupuncture in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

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• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Osteoarthritis

• Registration Number: PACTR201711002771340
• Lead Sponsor: Shmaila Hanif

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

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.
OR
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.
5. Patients will pain level ¿3 on a visual analogue scale.

Exclusion Criteria

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain;Range of motion;Physical function