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Microcurrent Therapy in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee

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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Status

Completed

Conditions

Osteoarthritis,Knee

Treatments

Device: Microcurrent therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02975154
MicrocurrencyOA

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the effect of Microcurrent Therapy in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee. Patients will be randomized to four groups: Group 1 and 2 both will receive Microcurrent Therapy, but different currents will be used. Group 3 will receive treatment with the Microcurrent treatment apparatus, but without any current. Group 4 will be a control group without specific interventions.

Full description

The objective of this randomized, controlled pilot study is to evaluate the effect of Microcurrent therapy on pain and physical function in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. The secondary objective is to compare the effects of different currents. Patients will be randomized to four groups: Group 1 and 2 both will receive Microcurrent Therapy, but different currents will be used. Group 3 will receive treatment with the Microcurrent treatment apparatus, but without any current. Group 4 will be a control group without specific intervention.

Group 1, 2 and 3 will receive 10 sessions of treatment in a treatment phase of four weeks. Assessments for group 1, 2, and 3 will be scheduled for screening (T0), at the first day of treatment (T1), at the end of treatment (T2) and three months after the end of treatment (T3). Group 4 will be assessed at a screening visit T0, at T1, at T2 (approximately 21 days after T1), and at T3 (three months after T2). Patients will be recruited based on the records of the clinic.

Enrollment

56 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • osteoarthritis of the knee
  • pain intensity > 3 on the numerical rating scale (0-10)

Exclusion criteria

  • knee arthroplasty
  • gravity
  • dermal Irritation at the skin of the knee
  • carcinoma
  • known osteoarthritis grade 4 (Kellgren and Lawrence score)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Triple Blind

56 participants in 4 patient groups

Microcurrent therapy, type A
Active Comparator group
Description:
Microcurrent therapy: Channel A: 100 µA; 200 Hz; Channel B: 100 µA; 300 Hz. Duration of each treatment session: 30 minutes. Number of sessions: 10. Previous treatments will be continued.
Treatment:
Device: Microcurrent therapy
Microcurrent therapy, type B
Active Comparator group
Description:
Microcurrent therapy: Channel A: 25 µA; 200 Hz; Channel B: 100 µA; 300 Hz. Duration of each treatment session: 30 minutes. Number of sessions: 10. Previous treatments will be continued.
Treatment:
Device: Microcurrent therapy
Sham Microcurrent therapy
Sham Comparator group
Description:
Microcurrent therapy: Channel A: 0 µA; 0 Hz; Channel B: 0 µA; 0 Hz. Duration of each treatment session: 30 minutes. Number of sessions: 10. Previous treatments will be continued.
Treatment:
Device: Microcurrent therapy
No Intervention
No Intervention group
Description:
No Intervention. Previous treatments will be continued.

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