Effectiveness of Acupressure on Pain, Joint Stiffness, and Physical Function in Patients with Osteoarthritis of Knee
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 102
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The main outcome of this study are the change in Western Ontario and Macmaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score
研究概览
简要总结
Osteoarthritis causes symptoms of pain, joint stiffness, and decrease physical function. Management of osteoarthritis is commonly approached through pharmacological and surgical interventions, which are often associated with side effect. Acupressure offers an alternative for managing chronic pain condition such as osteoarthritis, with advantages including low cost, minimal complications, simple applications, and higher safety. Study aims to evaluate the effect of acupressure in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The focus on primary outcome to improvement in knee pain, stiffness, and function measured using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). By comparing these measurements before acupressure, after 1 week, after 2 week, after 3 week, and after 4 week. The study seeks to determine whether acupressure can release of endorphins as body natural painkiller and trigger anti-inflammatory response to reduce swelling in patients with osteoarthritis of knee.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc
- 盲法
- Investigator Blinded
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40.00 Year(s) 至 65.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •Patients of diagnosed with osteoarthritis in one knee by a competent physician Patients with unilateral or bilateral knee x-rays.
- •Patients has not undergone any acupressure treatment related to knee osteoarthritis.
- •Patients does not have any other musculoskeletal disorders.
- •Patients has not received intra-articular injections within the past 30 days.
- •Patients has no history of knee surgery.
- •Patients WOMAC score indicates moderate severity (24-48) in one knee.
- •Patients has not received physiotherapy before.
- •Patients has been prescribe NSAIDs for less than one week.
- •Patients does not experience cognitive impairment that would hinder answering question.
- •Patients able to speak Indonesian.
排除标准
- •Patients unwilling to adhere to the research standards until completion Patients has received traditional interventions for knee osteoarthritis.
结局指标
主要结局
The main outcome of this study are the change in Western Ontario and Macmaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score
时间窗: The main outcome of this study will be assessed at baseline 2 week and 4 week. Immediately after first week, after second week, after third week, and after the last acupressure session (session 3) in the fourth week
次要结局
- The secondary outcome of this research is side effects of acupressure intervention(The side effects of acupressure intervention are assessed at baseline in 15 minutes after each intervention)
研究者
Nafi Yannis
Magister of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Universitas Sumatera Utara