Gonarthrosis [arthrosis of knee]
Conditions
Interventions
Attend 80 subjects above 55 years with gonarthrosis to be treated with a combination of exercise , transcranial direct-current stimulation ( tDCS ) and electrical stimulation ( EP ) .
The exercise pro
Device
Other
E02.342.767
G11.427.590.530.698.277
Sponsors
Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal da Bahia
University of Sidney
Universitat de Les Iles Balears
Eligibility
Age
50 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers with knee osteoarthritis; age of 50 years; knee pain on most days of the last month; osteophytes on radiographs and pain or difficulty to sit;lifting or climbing stairs ; score in Chronic Pain Grade (GPC ) equal to or greater than II.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subjects with contraindications to the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation; Presence of metal in the skull and implanted devices; history of epilepsy; pregnancy, use of drugs that may interfere with the cortical electrical activity; history of diseases that may interfere with OA knee; becoming confounders such as fibromyalgia; rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis; systemic lupus eritemotos; fractures in the region knee, knee replacements; back problems causing symptoms in knee and peripheral nervous impairment; individuals unable to understand the contents of the assessment tools used.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in the intensity of symptomatic knee pain (or knee with greater intensity of symptoms, if both are affected ) checked by a reduction of around 50% on the analog scale of pain before and after measurements.;Increasing the capacity of the individual support pain during compression of the medial and lateral knee to be checked by an equal or greater than 20 % increase in pressure exerted on kgf pre and post steps;Improved perception of knee function during daily activities verified by the reduction of around 25% of the functional WOMAC scale commitment index validated in the pre and post measurements | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increased Quality of life evaluated verified with an increase of between 5-20 % of the SF -36 questionnaire in the pre and post measurements . Reducing the symptoms of anxiety and depression seen through a reduction of 5 to 10% of the values ??by Scale Hospital Anxiety and Depression;Increased potential motor evoked quadriceps muscle verified by assessment with transcranial magnetic stimulation around 10 % in the pre and post intervention measurements | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCleber Santos
Instituto de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal da Bahia
Outcome results
None listed