Efficacy of medical leech therapy and application of vachadi upanaha churna in reducing the symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee – A Randomized controlled trial

Efficacy of medical leech therapy (Jalaukavacharana) and vachadi upanaha in reducing the symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee – A Randomized controlled trial - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2024/01/061040

Enrollment

Registered

2024-01-02

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-08-19

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The ACR criteria for the classification and reporting of Osteoarthritis Clinical and radiographic 91% sensitive 86% specific Knee pain plus at least 1 of 3 Age greater than 50 years Age >50 years Stiffness Crepitus+ Osteophytes+

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with other forms of arthritis such as Rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, Gout, infective arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis. 2.Patients with acute joint trauma. 3.Patients under analgesic medication. 4.BMI 30 and above 5.Severe knee bursitis 6.Severe anemia. 7.Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in intermittent and constant pain (ICOAP) KNEE version Range of motion (ROM)Timepoint: 1st, 15th, 30th, 45th day	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pain assessment by VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALETimepoint: 1st, 15th, 30th, 45th day	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr M M Abdulshukkoor

Govt Ayurveda College Thripunithura

drsukoor@gmail.com9447661001

Outcome results