knee osteoarthritis.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Erythropoietin intraarticular injection. Under sterile conditions and after local anesthesia( 1 cc of lidocaine 2%), 4000 IU of erythropoietin is injected into th
Sponsors
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with 2 and 3 knee osteoarthritis according to Lawrence-Kellgren criteria knee pain for at least 6 months ages from 18 to 75 years old referring to the physical medicine department of Firuzgar and Rasul Akram hospitals.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: absence of any acute or chronic infection not getting pregnant or not deciding to get pregnant not performed any intraarticular injection during last 3 months absence of inflammatory joint diseases or secondary osteoarthritis not having knee surgery not having severe underlying diseases such as uncontrolled DM not taking opioid or non-opioid analgesics not taking anticoagulants
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS and Womac scores. Timepoint: before injection, 1 month and 3 months after injection. Method of measurement: VAS score is described by the patient and womac score with questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactNaseh Usefi
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed