A study to compare effectiveness of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation with trigger point dry needling in knee osteoarthritis
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M171- Unilateral primary osteoarthritisof knee
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/06/034016
- Lead Sponsor
- Subhanjan Das
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Mild to moderate clinically diagnosed primary tibiofemoral OA as per ACR criteria
2.Patients of both sexes
3.Age 50 â?? 69 years
4.Chronic pain in the knee >3 months
5.Unilateral symptoms
6.Ability to walk without support for 6 meters.
1.History of surgery of the painful knee.
2.History of severe or permanent injury/pathology (other than osteoarthritis) in the lower limb.
3.History of surgery of the lower limb in the preceding six months
4.Had received physiotherapy, manual therapy or any other local therapy that can affect the treatment efficacy or outcome
5.Peripheral neuropathy or sensory loss around the treatment area.
6.Those who had received oral steroids, opiate treatment in the past 6 months
7.Patients with contraindications and concerns related to dry needling as listed out in 2013 APTA resource manual of dry needling.
8.Acute exacerbations
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS)Timepoint: Pre intervention: Day 1 before therapy <br/ ><br>Post intervention: Day 14 <br/ ><br>Follow up: 4 Weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PPT via algometer. <br/ ><br>Pressure Pain Threshold of fixed points will be measuredTimepoint: Pre intervention: Day 1 before therapy <br/ ><br>Post intervention: Day 14 <br/ ><br>Follow up: 4 Weeks