effect of high intensity laser therapy on knee osteoarthritis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Knee Osteoarthritis Grade II and III.Generalized Osteoarthritis NOS
- Registration Number
- IRCT20181024041442N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Radiographic evidence of knee osteoarthritis grade II and III according to the Kellgren-Lawrence classification and based on American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria
knee pain for at least 3 months.
without application of injection or physiotherapy during the last six months
Exclusion Criteria
Not willing the samples to continue the treatment process
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: before treatment, session10, A month and a half after treatment. Method of measurement: The visual Analog scale of pain. score is from 0 to 100 mm. 100 max pain and 0 painless state.;Strength of quadriceps. Timepoint: before treatment, session10, A month and a half after treatment. Method of measurement: manual dynamometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Function. Timepoint: before treatment, session10, A month and a half after treatment. Method of measurement: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index.