CompletedNot Applicable

An Attempt to Find Out Root Cause of a Pain Producing Knee Disease

India138 participantsStarted 2017-03-23

Plain-language summary

This study was focused on a type of arthritis (knee) in which patients develop pain with disabilities in sitting and walking etc. In advance stage the person is bereft of his/her personal physical activities. The prevalent treatment is temporary and dis-satisfactory. A new treatment was designed and a trial was conducted on 125 patients (100 in the trial group, 25 in the control group) for a duration of six months.

Who can participate

Age range30 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age =\>30 years * Knee pain which appeared without any apparent cause, exacerbated by exertion and subsided by rest. * Presence of limited morning stiffness * No history of infection, inflammation or trauma to rule out secondary OA * Disability in sitting, climbing stairs or walking Exclusion Criteria: * Backache * Leg pain (e.g. sciatica) * Inability to lie supine (e.g. kyphosis) * Inability to lie prone (e.g. central obesity)

What they're measuring

WOMAC Knee Arthritis score

Timeframe: 6 Months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04496440

SponsorDR R C Agrawal

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-12-30

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