osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
treatment group:LIPUS+diclofenac
control group :sham LIPUS+diclofenac
Sponsors
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. According to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for symptomatic knee OA assessed by a rheumatologist; 2. Men and women aged between 40 and 80; 3. KelIgren-Lawrence grade rating of I, II and III; 4. Not receiving corticosteroids for more than six months; 5. Not receiving NSAIDs, intraarticular hyaluronan, SYSADOA and other treatment for more than two weeks; 6. Signed informed consent; 7. Able to attend 1 intervention sessions(10 days).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Rheumatoid and rheumatic arthritis, infectional arthritis, gouty arthritis diseases; 2. Patients with severe mental and neurologic diseases; 3. Patients with knee skin ulceration and infections, serious operation or traumatic scar, joint local malignant tumor and joint replacement; 4. Patients with gastrointestinal ulcer and bleeding, severe liver and kidney dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, artificial heart pacemaker and uncontrolled hypertension; 5. Knee pain and disfunction caused by other diseases; 6. Patients with connective tissue disease (e.g.SLE); 7. unable to fulfil the forms.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale;WOMAC-VA3.1; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lequesne index;SF-36; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactChen Wen-zhi
Outcome results
None listed