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NCT Number: NCT03743818

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Osteoarthritis Arthritis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Rheumatic Diseases

Age range

18 year–55 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Fisiosalud Avila

Ávila, 05003, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

dry needling

Device

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

ultrasound

Other

aply ultrasound on the knee

hyauluronic acid

Device

aply hyaluronic acid on the knee

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual Analog Scale

    Time frame: 1 month

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

Secondary outcomes

  1. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC scale)

    Time frame: 1 month

    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.

  2. International Physical Activity Questionnaire scale

    Time frame: 1 month

    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).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Other

Collaborators

  • Ignacio Normand Farias
  • Raúl Vittori
  • Verónica Prieto Domínguez

Registry information

Official study title

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF HYALURONIC ACID, DRY NEEDLING AND COMBINED TREATMENT IN PATELLAR OSTEOARTHRITIS: NON-CONTROLLED RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL WITH BLINDED EVALUATOR

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2021
First posted
Nov 16, 2018
Registry last updated
Apr 28, 2021

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