Immediate Effect of Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain and physical performance outcomes in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-jRCT1092220322
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyoto university
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
to be over 50 years old.
to have knees with Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) grades 1-3 in one or both knees as evaluated using weight-bearing anteroposterior radiographs.
to experience current average pain of more than 4 and less than 9 on a Numeric Rating Score (NRS; 0-10 points)
(1) have a history of knee surgery or intra-articular corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injection within 6 months19, (2) have a history of knee joint replacement or tibial osteotomy, (3) are receiving physical therapy, (4) have any other major joint pain (e.g. back, hip or ankle) which gives a greater effect than their knee pain for current limits of the ability, (5) are in case of contraindications of TENS (pacemakers, dermatological conditions, and abnormal sensation in the knees) , (6) are severe medical or nervous conditions, (7) do not usually use stairs, (8) do not have ability to walk without any ambulatory assistive device
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method performance of functional tests, knee pain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method locomotive syndrome risk test