The effect of acupressure on pain intensity and sleep quality in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Conditions: Osteoarthritis of knee.
Osteoarthritis of knee

Registration Number: IRCT20211221053475N1

Lead Sponsor: Birjand University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 126

Inclusion Criteria

Grade 2 and 3 osteoarthritis of the knee according to the scale (Kellegren-Lawrence) K-L.
Not take being NSAIDs more than three times a week (maximum 1500 mg naproxen per week).
Patient willingness and satisfaction to participate in research.
Not being addicted to drugs.
Lack of physical disability and lack of psycho-cognitive dysfunction.
Lack of inflammation, infection or sensory disturbance or neuropathy at the site of acupressure.
Not doing acupressure in the last six months, Not being history of joint surgery and steroid injections last month.
BMI less than 35.
Not being pregnant.
Not being take anticoagulants and Lack of history of coagulation disorders
Take more than 5score Petersburg quality sleep questionnaire
Not being Mental Illness.

Exclusion Criteria

Grade 1 osteoarthritis of the knee according to the scale (Kellegren-Lawrence) K-L.
BMI more than 35

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, 4 weeks after starting the study, 8 weeks after starting the study. Method of measurement: Womak Questionnaire.;Sleep quality in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, 4 weeks after starting the study, 8 weeks after starting the study. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire (PSQI).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fatigue. Timepoint: At the beginning of the study, 4 weeks after starting the study, 8 weeks after starting the study. Method of measurement: FSS Fatigue Intensity Questionnaire.