Total knee arthroplasty.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: Active trigger points were explored in Muscles surrounding the knee. Patients with active trigger points who fullfilled inclusion/exclusion criteria underwent one dry needling sess
Sponsors
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
55 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Having total knee athroplasty Having Active Trigger Point in Knee Muscles such as Quadriceps , Hamstring,Gastrosoleus Having visual analogue scale (VAS) > 40 Age between 55 to 80 years old Having knee full extension The ability to read and write
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Having radicular pain or neuropathy Having fibromyalgia, hypothyroedism, meralgia parethesia Having systemic disease or myopathy or malignancy Fear of needling Taking anticoagulants Taking NSAIDs Total hip arthroplasty in the same side Painful total knee arthroplasty in opposite side less than 6 month ago
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain score. Timepoint: one week and one month after treatment. Method of measurement: pain is investigated by Visual Analoge Scale .;Function score by Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score(KOOS). Timepoint: one week and one month after treatment. Method of measurement: .FUNCTION IS Investigated by Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score(KOOS). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Knee diability. Timepoint: Before the intervention, one week and one month after treatment. Method of measurement: Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMohammad Bagher Mashaheri Fard
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed