Status:
UNKNOWN
Effects of Genicular Nerve Block in Knee Osteoarthritis
Lead Sponsor:
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
Conditions:
Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Genicular nerve block is a safe and effective therapeutic procedure for intractable pain associated with chronic knee osteoarthritis (OA). There is increasing support for the neuropathic component to ...
Detailed Description
The patients who participated in this study were selected from outpatients who attended our hospital for knee pain. These 90 patients were who matched the following criteria. All patients had knee pai...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- knee pain for more than 3 month.
- radiological tibiofemoral OA (Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2-4 )
Exclusion
- acute knee pain, prior knee surgery, other connective tissue diseases that affected the knee, serious neurological or psychiatric disorders, steroid or hyaluronic acid injection therapy during the previous 3 months, sciatic pain, patients with polyneuropathy, anticoagulant medication use, pacemaker use, prior electroacupuncture treatment and physical treatment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 3 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 29 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03781843
Start Date
September 3 2018
End Date
March 29 2019
Last Update
January 22 2019
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Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye), 34752