COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF HYALURONIC ACID, DRY NEEDLING AND COMBINED TREATMENT IN PATELLAR OSTEOARTHRITIS

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoarthritis
• Interventions: Other: ultrasound; Device: dry needling; Device: hyauluronic acid

• Registration Number: NCT03743818
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Católica de Ávila

Brief Summary

Randomized clinical trial in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Sixty patients will be evaluated, divided in three groups (20 in each). One group A will be treated by dry needling in the vast internal, other group B will be treated with a standardized treatment protocol (electrotherapy and manual therapy), and group C will be treated with hialuronic acid. The investigators want to observe which technique is the most effective in osteoarthritis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-15
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-16
• Study Start: 2020-07-08
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-15
• Status Verified: 2021-04
• Study Completion: 2021-04-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with knee pain and diagnosed of osteoarthritis knee and confirm RNM
• More 18 years.
• Less 55 years

Exclusion Criteria

• More 55 years.
• Less 18 years.
• mental dysfunction
• those who have any type of complication that can cause myofascial or neuropathic pain in the lower limb, such as lumbo-sacral radiculopathy, neuropraxia, neurothymesis, axonotmesis, or meralgia paraesthetica; who have any condition generally considered to be a factor in perpetuating TrPs, such as fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, or iron deficiency; and patients who may have a fear of needles (belonephobia) will be excluded.

Patients with lower limb dysmetries of 0.50 cm or more were also excluded from this study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
standardized treatment protocol	ultrasound	in the standardized treatment protocol the investigators including ultrasound, tens, and isometric quadriceps contractions
dry needling	dry needling	dry needling in trigger point in vastus medialis of quadriceps
hialuronic acid	hyauluronic acid	infiltration of hyaluronic acid in the affected knee

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Scale	1 month	Pain 0 maximum pain score---------10 minimum pain score

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
International Physical Activity Questionnaire scale	1 month	questions to mesure physical activity. 7 questions about the time that employed the patients in activities physical ( hours/day, minutes/day, days/week or any activity).
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC scale)	1 month	scale with questions to mesure pain,(5 questions), stiffness (2 questions) and physical function (17 questions). There are five answers in each questions: none, mild, moderate, severe and extreme.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fisiosalud Avila; 🇪🇸 Avila, Spain