Osteo Arthritis Knee, Pain, Chronic
Conditions
Brief summary
Osteoarthritis (OA) affects aged above 45 years. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.
Detailed description
Osteoarthritis (OA) is commonest chronic arthritis affecting patients usually aged above 45 years. OA decreased health-related quality of life and increased economic costs. Radiofrequency (RF), was used for the treatment of chronic pain unresponsive to conservative therapies. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.
Interventions
PROCEDUREradiofrequency
radiofrequency done in the three genicular nerves upper medial and upper lateral and lower medial
DRUGParacetamol (conventional)
DRUGKetorolac Tromethamine (conventional)
Sponsors
Assiut University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* chronic arthritis according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria * diagnosed radiologically patients in stage 3 and 4, according to the Kellgren-Lawrence classification
Exclusion criteria
* other causes of pain such as radiculopathy, neurological disorders, or intermittent claudication. * patients receive intraarticular steroid or hyaluronic acids during previous three months. * patients did previous knee surgery. * Patients with general contraindication to the application of invasive intervention such as hemorrhage, coagulation disorder, systemic infection or local infection. * patients with other connective tissue disease affecting the knee. And 6-psychiatric disorders.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain assessment by VAS scale | 6 months | assessing pain by VAS scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| patient satisfaction by Likert scale | 6 months | Likert scale to assess patients satisfaction |
| patient disability by Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA index | 6 months | Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA index to assess disability |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed