The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a complex āyurvedic diagnosis and treatment compared to conventional standard care in patients with OA of the knee.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
150
In the Āyurveda group treatment will be individualized according to the Āyurveda diagnosis and include manual treatments, massages, dietary advice, specific consideration of selected food items, nutritional supplements, āyurvedic lifestyle and yoga posture advice and daily self-applied knee massage.
Patients in the conventional standard care group will receive conventional standard care for OA of the Knee which includes self care advice, pain medication and intensified physiotherapy and follows the current international guidelines for OA of the knee.
Charité Medical University Cooperation Center Sonne und Mond
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
Immanuel Krankenhaus
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany
Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)
Time frame: week 12
Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Subscales
Time frame: month 6
SF-36-questionnaire
Time frame: week 12
POMS-questionnaire
Time frame: week 12
Visual Analogue Scales: Pain
Time frame: week 12
Visual Analogue Scales: Sleep
Time frame: week 12
Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Subscales
Time frame: month 12
SF-36-questionnaire
Time frame: month 6
SF-36-questionnaire
Time frame: month 12
Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Subscales
Time frame: week 12
POMS-questionnaire
Time frame: month 6
POMS-questionnaire
Time frame: month 12
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