Low Level Laser Therapy and Interferential Current in Osteoarthritis

Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Device: Active Laser; Device: Placebo Interferential Current; Device: Active Interferential Current; Device: Placebo Laser

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02898025

RLiebano

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the low level laser therapy and interferential current in 168 patients with knee osteoarthritis

Full description

Interventional

Enrollment: 168 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• History of osteoarthritis of the knee characterized by pain of mild or moderate intensity
• Radiographic evidence of grade 2 or 3 osteoarthritis based on the Kellgren and Lawrence radiographic entry criteria
• Patients with knee osteoarthritis (s) according to the ACR criteria
• VAS 3 to 8
• 5 to 12 Lequesne
• No complaint of pain in other joints of the lower limbs
• Without neurological and cognitive disorders
• No loss of sensation in the lower limbs
• No surgery on the knee (s) in the last 6 months
• Pain symptoms for at least 6 months
• No infiltrations (s) knee (s) in the last 4 weeks
• No use of analgesics 4 hours before treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals younger than 18 and older than 80 years
• Complaints from other diseases of the lower limbs, knee prosthesis and / or hip joint instabilities and / or surgery in lower limbs, heart disease, uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes, coagulation disorders in anticoagulant therapy, pregnant women, fibromyalgia and individuals who can not perform isokinetic test who have difficulty performing the TUG, and those that are experiencing abnormal sensitivity to algometry

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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168 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

G1 (Active IFC and Active Laser)

Active Comparator group

Description:

42 patients with knee (s) osteoarthritis. All patients will receive guidance on the disease and on joint protection and energy conservation over a period of 50 minutes in a single session. This group (G1) will receive the treatment of Active Interferential Current and Active Laser for 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Device: Active Interferential Current

Device: Active Laser

G2 (Active IFC and Placebo Laser)

Active Comparator group

Description:

42 patients with knee (s) osteoarthritis. All patients will receive guidance on the disease and on joint protection and energy conservation over a period of 50 minutes in a single session. This group (G2) will receive the treatment of Active Interferential Current and Placebo Laser for 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Device: Active Interferential Current

Device: Placebo Laser

G3 (Placebo IFC and Active Laser)

Active Comparator group

Description:

42 patients with knee (s) osteoarthritis. All patients will receive guidance on the disease and on joint protection and energy conservation over a period of 50 minutes in a single session. This group (G3) will receive Placebo Interferential Current and Active Laser for 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Device: Placebo Interferential Current

Device: Active Laser

G4 (Placebo IFC and Placebo Laser)

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

42 patients with knee (s) osteoarthritis. All patients will receive guidance on the disease and on joint protection and energy conservation over a period of 50 minutes in a single session. The placebo group (G4) will receive Placebo Interferential Current and Placebo Laser for 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Device: Placebo Interferential Current

Device: Placebo Laser