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Filter by:This study aims to examine the effect of the text message platform (WhatsApp) on the adherence to home exercise programs, pain and physical function among middle age and older adults with knee OA in two public hospitals in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupoint application of Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of KOA joint pain through a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study.
Health care costs are increasing alarmingly, which will impose an overwhelming economic burden to an aging society like that of Hong Kong. For example, degenerative musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis (OA) present a grand challenge with its high prevalence (>40% in the elderly suffered from knee OA). Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, and around 2 million population worldwide suffer from this disorder. OA is a debilitating progressive disease with typical pathological progress such as cartilage degeneration, inflammation, joint width narrowing and developing osteophytes. The main system of knee OA is acute pain leading to loss of mobility. There is no effective treatment to cure or stop the progression of OA. For now, the main method is to alleviate the pain and symptoms, including control weight, exercise, physical treatment and intake of NSAIDs/ paracetamol. Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) treatment has shown to enhance cell activity related to tissue healing, delay bone and cartilage degeneration and give beneficial effects such as relief in pain, anti-inflammation and reduce swelling. In clinic, PEMF treatment has been reported to be safe, and has been proved to reduce the usage of NSAIDs and pain in patients with knee OA. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of PEMF therapy on for patients with knee OA, including delay the degeneration of articular cartilage, restore the subchondral bone, reduce knee pain and symptoms as well as improve the muscle strength and functions, and even improving the quality of life. Based on the aim of this study, older adult patients (aged 50 or above) with a unilateral knee OA with Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade 2-3 by X-ray, visual analogue scale (VAS) >4, no acute knee injuries and muscle strain in past 3 months, and no alleviation of symptoms after ≥ 3 months of nonsurgical treatment. To estimate the improvement of patients the following assessments will be performed, including patient-reported outcomes, muscle strength and physical function assessments, serum evaluation, and imaging examination.
This is a pilot study with a 4-period double-cross-over design evaluating a treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in people with painful knee osteoarthritis.
Continuous administration of local anesthetics to the distal adductor canal could spread into the popliteal fossa and contribute to analgesic effects on posterior knee pain. Periarticular local anesthetic infiltration is a component of multimodal joint pathways and the posterior knee capsule was among the tissues routinely infiltrated. It is expected that there will be overlapping effects of distal adductor canal block and periarticular injection. Therefore, we aim to compare the postoperative pain in the group that received only continuous distal adductor canal block and the group that received both continuous distal adductor canal block and periarticular injection. Sixty-six patients scheduled for total knee arthroplasty will be randomly divided into the two groups. In group 1, the adductor canal catheter is inserted 2cm above the adductor hiatus. In group 2, the adductor canal catheter is inserted where the nerve block performed in group 1 and periarticular injection are performed intraoperatively.
This clinical study is designed as a double-blind sham controlled randomised trial with the option of sham group crossover to receive the GAE treatment at 6 months after unblinding. This study will determine if embolisation of abnormal neovasculature arising from branches of the genicular arteries reduces pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The study patient population will consist of up to 110 subjects with knee pain for at least 3 months that is resistant to conservative treatment measures. Subjects will be treated with knee embolisation or 2 mL of saline in the sham arm. At 6 months, all subjects in the sham arm will be allowed to cross-over and receive the embolisation procedure with a follow-up duration of 18 months. The total planned study duration is 3.5 years.
The purpose of our study is to examine the effect of platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) injection on the short-term resolution of post-injury inflammation (biomarkers) and improvement in joint function in patients with acute ACL injury. This RCT has been powered based on the questionnaire KOOS Jr. but it is considered a 'pilot study' in terms of the lab analysis proposed.
For patients suffering of osteoarthritis, only analgesic treatments such as anti-inflammatory drugs and cortisone infiltrations provide significant but temporary relief of their pain. The objective is to compare the analgesic effect of 2 infiltrations: Cingal (sodium hyaluronate and triamcinolone) versus cortisone (triamcinolone). It is anticipated that the Cingal infiltration will have a greater analgesic effect than a simple cortisone infiltration in patients with moderate to severe osteoarthritis of the shoulder. Method: - Randomized controlled trial - Monocentric - Randomization will be done using sealed envelopes
Chronic knee pain remains a disabling disease despite current treatment strategies. There is an increase in the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in the general population, presently affecting approximately 450,000 individuals in Belgium. A total knee replacement is a viable alternative for severe knee OA that does not respond to conservative therapy. Unfortunately, up to 53% of patients who undergo a total knee replacement develop persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP). There is currently no effective therapy for PPSP. A radiofrequency (RF) treatment applies high frequency current on the nerve responsible for pain conduction, resulting in an interruption of the transmission of pain. This can be applied to the nerves innervating the knee joint - the superolateral, superomedial and inferomedial genicular nerves - and could be an alternative, minimally invasive treatment for patients with knee OA who fail conservative treatments and for patients with PPSP. Data from the recent literature indicates that this treatment leads to a reduction of pain intensity and could result in an improvement of knee function, of the psychological state of the individual, and finally in an increase in health-related quality of life. Furthermore, RF of the genicular nerves could help avoid or delay a total knee replacement therefore potentially contributing to cost reduction. Both cooled and conventional RF treatments are reported in the literature to improve pain. The use of water to cool the RF electrodes results in an increased lesion size by removing heat from adjacent tissue, allowing power delivery to be increased. As a consequence, cooled RF could result in a higher chance of success and longer duration of effect. Until now, the studies performed on cooled RF are industry initiated and a direct comparison between conventional, cooled and a sham procedure is lacking. The aim of the COGENIUS trial is to investigate the effect of the two types of RF treatment on individuals experiencing chronic knee pain that is resistant to conservative treatments. For this purpose, the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of cooled and conventional RF will be compared to a sham procedure in patients suffering from knee OA and PPSP after total knee replacement.
LLLT is in use to treat different musculoskeletal condition. Osteoarthritis is one of the conditions needing LLLT for therapeutic effects. LLLT has been used in different previous studies using different points on joint and also on acupuncture points. This study is going to compare the effectiveness of LLLT on both points. Omega xp device is going to be used in this study.