Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Radio Frequency for Chronic Knee Arthritis

Assiut University200 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Osteo Arthritis Knee Pain, Chronic

Interventions

radiofrequencyPROCEDURE

radiofrequency of the genicular nerves

platelet rich plasma injectionPROCEDURE

intra articular injection of platelet rich plasma

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * osteoarthritis knee Exclusion Criteria: * coaguloapthy * patient refusal

Locations (1)

Emad Zarief Kamel Said

Asyut, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain visual analog scale

assessment of visual analog scale (VAS) VAS of zero means no pain, and 10 means sever pain

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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