IMPORTANCE OF CAUSATION IN TRAUMATIC OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE: AN OPEN, RANDOMIZED TRIAL - NO

CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT FOR HOMOEOPATHY. RANCHI0 个研究点目标入组 75 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年7月22日

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•1. Age: 50-70 years
•2. Both sexes
•3. Diagnosed knee osteoarthritis as per American College of Rheumatology (ACR) clinical/radiographic classification criteria, 30 (sensitivity 91%; specificity 86%) - history of trauma over knee, knee pain, stiffness less than 30 min, and crepitus on knee motion, osteophytes on a knee x-ray
•4. Patients already undergoing regular oral or topical analgesics or NSAID therapy for painful episodes of osteoarthritis, provided the medications are stopped at least 2 weeks prior to study entry entirely
•5. Literate patients; can able to read Hindi or English
•6. Providing written informed consent

•1. Severe degeneration of the knee joint with marked joint narrowing, varus or valgus deformity of the knee ( >12°), evidenced by imaging or other evidence and requiring surgical intervention
•2.Non-ambulant patients
•3. Self-reported joint disorders other than osteoarthritis (e.g., inflammatory joint disease, specific arthropathy, hyperuricaemia and/or gout, severe axis deviations or instabilities, joint or skin infections, joint prostheses of the lower limbs)
•4. Intra-articular injections within 2 weeks before study entry
•5. Transplanted knees
•6. Recent significant knee surgery within the last 6 months
•7. Patients who are too sick for consultation
•8. Unwilling to take part and not giving consent to join the study
•9. Unable to read the patient information sheet
•10 Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting the quality of life
•11. Pregnancy and lactation
•12. Substance abuse and or dependence
•13. Self-reported immune-compromised state, and
•14. Undergoing homoeopathic treatment for any chronic disease within the last 6 months

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CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT FOR HOMOEOPATHY. RANCHI