Safety evaluation and therapeutic effects of exercise therapy and knee hyperthermia using reentrant cavity resonance warmer
- Conditions
- osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-jRCTs052220080
- Lead Sponsor
- Ryu Kazuteru
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
1) Patients participating in exercise therapy for locomotive syndrome at Kanai Hospital
2) Patients with early stage osteoarthritis of the knee (radiographs: Kellgren-Lawrence classification grade 1-2)
3) Gender: male and female
4) Age: between 40 and 80 years old
5) BMI: 30 or less
6) Patients who can provide written consent for free participation in the study
1) Patients who cannot walk without the assistance of others
2) Persons whose cognitive ability is recognized as declining (persons scoring 23 or below on the Hasegawa Dementia Scale are excluded).
3) Those residing in a special nursing home for the elderly, long-term care health facility for the elderly, or long-term care medical facility (convalescent beds)
4) Patients with a history of hospitalization within 1 month of the date of consent
5) Those with a history of trauma or surgery to the lower limb or spine within 3 months of the date of consent
6) Has a pacemaker inserted
7) Pregnant women
8) Patients who are unable to perform MRI examinations (metal in the body, claustrophobia, etc.)
9) Patients who are unable to hold the position for 20 minutes
10) Persons who have a conflict of interest with the principal investigator or co-investigator of this study
11) Any other person whom the physician deems inappropriate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Articular cartilage T1rho values by MRI T1 rho mapping before and after treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pre- and post-treatment assessment of movement capability<br>Presence of burns