The effect of electroacupuncture and laser on knee osteoarthritis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis.Primary arthrosis of other joints
- Registration Number
- IRCT201606173220N7
- Lead Sponsor
- Rafsanjan University of Medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion: having 45-75 years, knee pain more than 3 months, ability of walking, osteophyte in knee, reduction of joint space, crepitation of knee movement, grade 2 and 3. osteoarthritis of the knee.
Exclusion criteria are injection of corticosteroids during previous 1 month, fracture, dislocation and previous surgery of the knee, pregnancy, rheumatoid arthritis and sever knee osteoarthritis (grade 4).
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity at rest. Timepoint: 1st, 5th, 10th session and 1 month after end of treatment. Method of measurement: By Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).;Inflamation around knee joints. Timepoint: 1st, 5th, 10th session and 1 month after end of treatment. Method of measurement: By meter (cm).;Knee movements. Timepoint: 1st, 5th, 10th session and 1 month after end of treatment. Method of measurement: By goniameter.;6 minutes walking test. Timepoint: 1st, 5th, 10th session and 1 month after end of treatment. Method of measurement: By chronometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method