Investigation of the Efficacy of Intra-articular Prolotherapy on the Primary Osteoarthritis of Knee: Patients’ Level of Pain and Knee Joint’s Range of Motio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- knee osteoarthritis.
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013092210336N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
The inclusion criteria were: osteoarthritis according to the American College of Rheumatology’s (formerly, American Rheumatology Association) criteria; age 40-70 years old; clinical class I-III; radiology stage 1-3 based on Kellgren-Lawrence criteria.
The exclusion criteria were: drugs or alcohol addiction; hemophilia; rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatologic disease.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knee pain amount. Timepoint: Weeks 2, 4 and 12. Method of measurement: Visual analogue scale(VAS).;Range of motion of knee. Timepoint: Weeks 2, 4 and 12. Method of measurement: Goniometry.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method