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Filter by:The study aims to exam whether sinew acupuncture can relieve pain and symptoms of KOA and improve functional movement by Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMasters University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Timed up & Go Test (TUG) and 8-step Stair Climb Test (SCT) assessment, and Quality of life by Short Form-36 (SF-36). A randomized, sham acupuncture controlled, patient and assessor blinded, pilot study will be employed.
This research is being done to evaluate whether combining medications that are FDA approved, but have not yet been approved for combination treatment, can be effective in reducing pain.
Objectives: To compare the efficacy of continuous combined psoas sciatic block as a sole anaesthetic technique with conventional combined spinal epidural anesthesia for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Subjects and Method: Eighty patients ASA (American society of anaesthesiologists classification) I to III with age range from 50 to 65 years old and scheduled for total knee replacement were included in the study. Subjects were divided into two groups; the first group (Pso/sci) received ultrasound guided with the use of nerve locator continuous psoas sciatic block and the second group (CSE) received combined spinal epidural anesthesia. Onset of sensory and motor block time, hemodynamic changes, contra-lateral spread, first time need for analgesia, incidence of complications, and patient and surgeon satisfactions were recorded.
Osteoarthritis of the knee is a very prevalent disease. However, there are few therapeutic options for its patients. Platelet-rich plasma is a treatment option for chronic pain. If proven to be effective in its intra-articular use, Platelet-rich plasma may help in the treatment of these patients. Goal: Primary objective: To compare effectiveness in improving pain and function and the medium-term tolerance (12 weeks) of intra-articular injection of Platelet-rich plasma versus intraarticular injection of triamcinolone hexacetonide in patients with symptomatic primary knee osteoarthritis. Secondary objective: To compare the medium-term effectiveness of intra-articular injection of Platelet-rich plasma versus intra-articular injection of triamcinolone hexacetonide to improve synovial hypertrophy and quality of life in these patients. Methods: A prospective randomized controlled double-blind study with three groups (each with n = 33) of patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of knees who will receive intra-articular infiltration in a single moment. Patients will be allocated to one of three groups: 1) Platelet-rich plasma group: patients who will receive plasma; 2) triamcinolone hexacetonide Group: patients who will receive 40mg of triamcinolone hexacetonide; And 3) Isotonic saline solution group: patients who will receive isotonic saline solution. The patients will be evaluated by "blind" evaluators in 4 assessment times up to 12 weeks of follow-up through clinical assessment instruments (rest and movement pain, joint edema, goniometry, clinical improvement scale, quality of life questionnaire as the SF36), functional (Womac questionnaire, M. Lequesne Functional Knee Index, 6 min walk test, Time up and go test), and ultrasound test (quantitative and semiquantitative measurement of synovial hypertrophy and semiquantitative Power Doppler). Statistics: The following statistical tests will be used according to the need: Student's t test, Mann-whitney, Pearson's chi-square test and ANOVA for repeated measures. A statistical significance of 5% will be considered.
A prospective study will be performed to compare the clinical outcome after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using two different alignment systems: an extramedullary system versus an intramedullary system. The extramedullary femoral alignment system is newly designed. These two systems are used to make the distal femoral resection in 100 patients in a random order.
This monocentric protocol is designed to evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic management of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (resistant to medical first-line treatment) by intra-articular injection of autologous PRP prepared in the same procedure and using a dedicated CE marked medical device and a validated and reproducible method of preparation
This study is a randomized clinical trial comparing standard medial para-patellar total knee arthroplasty with a quadriceps sparing mid-vastus approach. Patients who are medically well and have a good support structure at home will be randomized to a standard or quadriceps sparing surgical approach stratified by type of analgesia (adductor canal block or local infiltration). We will compare patient satisfaction and costs from the perspective of the Ministry of Health, the institution, society and the patient.
In this study, the investigators wondered whether the association between high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (hf-rTMS) and manual therapy (peripheral and central approach) is more effective in reducing pain levels and modulation of cortical activity of chronic knee ostearthritis pain subjects than manual therapy alone (usual peripheral approach). For this purpose, patients included will be submitted to one session with active or sham hf-rTMS followed by a protocol of manual therapy. Besides that another active group will have the sequence of interventions exchanged (manual therapy followed by hf-rTMS) in order to investigate whether this may influence in the final outcomes.
Purpose of our study is to evaluate effectiveness of Kinesio Taping method for knee osteoarthritis. Using simple concealed randomization procedure to form two groups (kinesio taping and control-nonspecific taping) of 100 knee osteoarthritis patients in each. 1 month all patients (depending on the group they will be allocated to) will receive either kinesio taping applications or non-specific taping: 4 applications per subject. Three times: before taping, after a month with tapes, and after 1 month without tapes evaluation of knee function, mobility, quality of life will be evaluated, including clinical examination of knee joint, measurements of knee flexion and extension by goniometer, circumference of leg over the knee, in ½ of thigh and in ½ of calf (to evaluate edema); pain will be evaluated by questionnaire, patella tendon algometry; force of calf flexors and extensors will be evaluated using Lovett manual muscle testing scale, goniometry for knee flexion/extension; for mobility, knee function, life quality evaluations - 10 Meter Walk , Five Times Sit to Stand Tests will be performed, Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 2 version (SF-36 2v) questionnaires will be used. Also data about the need of analgesic medicament will be collected from subjects.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate teriparatide (TP) as a chondroregenerative therapy for human knee osteoarthritis (OA). The central hypothesis to be tested is that TP supports structural modification of the joint and improves biomarker, functional and patient-reported measures of knee OA.