To see which one controls pain of knee better- steroid injection or nerve ablation of knee joint.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M171- Unilateral primary osteoarthritisof knee
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/10/021626
- Lead Sponsor
- Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Imphal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Persons with osteoarthritis of knee as per 2016 revised ACR criteria for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis
Radiologic tibiofemoral OA (Kellgren Lawrence grade 3,4)
Positive diagnostic block ( >50% improvement in pain)
Exclusion Criteria
Bilateral OA knee of grade 3 or more
Prior knee surgery/ injury
Arthritis due to other causes
Serious neurologic/psychiatric disorder
Injection with steroids/hyaluronan in the last 3months
Pacemaker
Uncontrolled diabetes
Coagulation disorder
VAS score < 5
Infection local or systemic
Allergy to anaesthetic medication used
Uncooperative patient
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VASTimepoint: 0, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method WOMACTimepoint: 0 week, 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks