COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF HYALURONIC ACID, DRY NEEDLING AND COMBINED TREATMENT IN PATELLAR OSTEOARTHRITIS

Universidad Católica de Ávila60 enrolled

Overview

Randomized clinical trial in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Sixty patients will be evaluated, divided in three groups (20 in each). One group A will be treated by dry needling in the vast internal, other group B will be treated with a standardized treatment protocol (electrotherapy and manual therapy), and group C will be treated with hialuronic acid. The investigators want to observe which technique is the most effective in osteoarthritis.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Interventions

dry needlingDEVICE

dry needling on the trigger point of the vastus medialis of the quadriceps

ultrasoundOTHER

aply ultrasound on the knee

hyauluronic acidDEVICE

aply hyaluronic acid on the knee

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 55 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with knee pain and diagnosed of osteoarthritis knee and confirm RNM * More 18 years. * Less 55 years Exclusion Criteria: * More 55 years. * Less 18 years. * mental dysfunction * those who have any type of complication that can cause myofascial or neuropathic pain in the lower limb, such as lumbo-sacral radiculopathy, neuropraxia, neurothymesis, axonotmesis, or meralgia paraesthetica; who have any condition generally considered to be a factor in perpetuating TrPs, such as fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, or iron deficiency; and patients who may have a fear of needles (belonephobia) will be excluded. Patients with lower limb dysmetries of 0.50 cm or more were also excluded from this study.

Locations (1)

Fisiosalud Avila

Ávila, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Visual Analog Scale

Pain 0 maximum pain score---------10 minimum pain score

Time frame: 1 month

Secondary Outcomes

Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC scale)

scale with questions to mesure pain,(5 questions), stiffness (2 questions) and physical function (17 questions). There are five answers in each questions: none, mild, moderate, severe and extreme.

Time frame: 1 month

International Physical Activity Questionnaire scale

questions to mesure physical activity. 7 questions about the time that employed the patients in activities physical ( hours/day, minutes/day, days/week or any activity).

Time frame: 1 month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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