Clinical trial of The effect of lateral wedge insole and acupuncture on knee cartilage in patients with medial knee joint osteoarthritis osteoarthritis
Phase 2
- Conditions
- knee joint osteoarthritis.ArthrosisM15-M16-M1
- Registration Number
- IRCT201201108235N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Shiraz University of medical science? Vice chancellor for Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Included criteria :
?. Patients with age range of 30_65 years old who have had intractable knee pain for three months
?. Radiologic changes of medial knee osteoarthritis,based on Kalgrene and lowerence standards and clinical standards of American society of rheumatology
Excluded criteria:
?. Simultaneous use of other treatments effective on cartilage size like glucosamine and parenteral hyarolonic acid,
?. Systemic disease like DM , RA and etc. ,
?. Knee operation ,
?. Use of intraarticular corticosteroid injection ,
?. Evidence of patellofemoral joint involvement ,
?. Use of oral corticosteroid ,
?. Use of permanent assistive device for ambulation and advanced knee osteoarthritis.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Thickness of knee cartilage. Timepoint: Prior to intervention-3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Magnetic resonance imaging {MRI).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: prior to intervention and 3 month after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Function. Timepoint: Prior to intervention and 3 months after intervention. Method of measurement: WOMAC form.