Health Condition 1: null- Osteoarthritis knee patients
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Usg guided pulsed radio frequency ablation of genicular nerve: Usg guided pulsed radio frequency ablation 3 cycles of 2 minutes each at target nerve with radio frequency cannula.
Contro
Sponsors
Postgraduate institute of medical education and research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Chronic knee pain patients having VNRS more than 5 , KL grading of 2 or more not responding to treatment modalities like physiotherapy, oral analgesics and intra-articular injection with hyaluronic acid or steroids for more than 3 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients age less than 18 years and more than 80 years,acute knee pain, prior knee surgery, connective tissue disorders, neurological or. psychiatric disorders, knee injection with steroid or hyaluronic acid within three months, sciatic pain, on anticoagulant medication, pacemakers and prior eletroacupuncture treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of patients achieving atleast 50% pain reduction at the 3 month from baseline verbal numerical rating scaleTimepoint: 15 days, 1 month, 2 month and 3 month | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean change in verbal numeric rating scale and western Ontario and McMaster osteoarthritis indexTimepoint: 15 days, 1 month, 2 month and 3 month | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactBabita ghai
Postgraduate institute of medical education and research
Outcome results
None listed