knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
ESWT group:Extracorporeal Shockwave treatment
Placebo group:No Extracorporeal shockwave treatment
Sponsors
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Army Police Force
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
38 Years to 74 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients had a diagnosis of primary symptomatic knee OA according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology. Patients included were >=45 years old and had knee pain for the previous 3 months. They had Kellgren and Lawrence grade II or III OA.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We excluded patients with a history of spinal stenosis, evidence of neurologic disease by history or physical examination, secondary causes of arthritis (inflammatory or metabolic) or had a surgical intervention or intraarticular injection in the affected knee in the previous 6 months or any contraindication to MRI or radiography.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pain on movement measured by a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lequesne index;Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC);patient perception of the clinical severity of their OA; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactGengyan Xing
Outcome results
None listed