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Comparison of two different methods of nerve block for osteoarthritis knee pai

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Osteoarthritis knee patients
Registration Number
CTRI/2018/07/014956
Lead Sponsor
Postgraduate institute of medical education and research
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Chronic knee pain patients having VNRS more than 5 , KL grading of 2 or more not responding to treatment modalities like physiotherapy, oral analgesics and intra-articular injection with hyaluronic acid or steroids for more than 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients age less than 18 years and more than 80 years,acute knee pain, prior knee surgery, connective tissue disorders, neurological or. psychiatric disorders, knee injection with steroid or hyaluronic acid within three months, sciatic pain, on anticoagulant medication, pacemakers and prior eletroacupuncture treatment

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients achieving atleast 50% pain reduction at the 3 month from baseline verbal numerical rating scaleTimepoint: 15 days, 1 month, 2 month and 3 month
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mean change in verbal numeric rating scale and western Ontario and McMaster osteoarthritis indexTimepoint: 15 days, 1 month, 2 month and 3 month
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