The purpose of the research is to see if the use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) at home would reduce knee pain and swelling in people with knee OA and/or chronic knee pain.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
electrical stimulation
no stimulation
Knee pain evaluated using the VAS for the stair climb test.
The mean knee pain during the stair climb test is timed up and go test, and the 6-minute walk test will be measured using the VAS. Participants will record their level of knee pain by drawing a vertical mark between the ends of a 10-cm horizontal line. The 0-cm end and the 10-cm end represented no pain and the most extreme pain, respectively. The distance from the 0-cm end to the drawn mark was recorded to the first decimal place.
Time frame: 10min
6-minute walk test (6MWT)
In the 6-minute walk test, the participants will walk as far as they could within 6 minutes. They will be not allowed to carry a watch or provided feedback during the trial. Although rest periods are allowed, time recording will continue. The participants will be encouraged at 1-minute intervals. Their performance will be measured as the total distance traveled, and be recorded as an integral number.
Time frame: 15min
Timed Up and Go (TUG) test
The participant will sit down at first and then stand up when given the signal to start. As fast as possible, the participant will walk 3 meters toward a cone on the floor, circle it, walk back 3 more meters toward a chair, and finally sat sit down. Timing begins on the signal to start and ends when the participant completely sits down with their back resting on the backrest of the chair. Two trials will be performed, and the faster time of the 2 trials will be recorded to the nearest one-hundredth of a second.
Time frame: 10min
knee extensor strength
The maximum isometric knee extensor strengths will be measured using a handheld dynamometer (HHD), which is the validated method in previous research on elderly individuals who are prone to falls.15 The maximum force will be recorded in Newtons (N), and testing will be repeated for 2 measurements. The averaged value of 2 measurements was used for statistical analysis.
Time frame: 10min
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