Comparison of physical therapy treatment with or without treatment of trigger points in patients with knee osteoarthritis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- knee osteoarthritis.Primary gonarthrosis, bilateral
- Registration Number
- IRCT138903154104N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tabriz university of medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1-Bilateral osteoarthritis.
2-Age between 20 -60 years.
3-Having American college of rheumatologic criteria. for osteoarthritis.
4-Having the criteria of myofascial pain and dysfunction syndrome.
Exclusion criteria:
1-Patients with other rheumatologic disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematous.
2-History of surgery of lower limbs joints.
3-History of fracture in lower limbs.
4-Severe disability, such as inability of walking with cane.
5-Contraindications for cold physical modalities, such as arterial insufficiency, raynaud phenomenon, ….
6-Intraarticular injection within 6 months.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reducing of pain. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale (VAS), Western and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) and Timed up and Go (TUG).;Improved function. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: VAS, WOMAK, and TUG Test.;ROM. Timepoint: Before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Goniometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Myofascial pain and dysfunction syndrome. Timepoint: before and after treatment. Method of measurement: clinical examination.