Percutaneous Neuromodulation on the Anterior Pain Knee

University of Seville

Status: Completed

Conditions: Femoral Nerve; Neuromodulation; Anterior Pain Knee

Treatments: Other: PNM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03883737

PNM and knee

Details and patient eligibility

About

Anterior knee pain (AKP) is one of the most frequent pathologies of the lower limb, in young and adult subjects. In the field of Physiotherapy, ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation (PNM) is defined as the application through a needle with ultrasound guidance of an electrical current at low or medium frequency, seeking a sensitive and / or motor response of a peripheral nerve in some point of its trajectory, or of a muscle in a motor point, with a therapeutic objective. The objective of this study is to analyze that the effect of PNM on the femoral nerve produces statistically significant changes in pain, joint range and knee functionality in patients with chronic AKP. Thirty subjects will be recruited, which will be divided into 2 groups: group 1 to which PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the pain knee; and group 2 to which PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the non-pain knee. The PNM intervention with NMP will consist in the single application of an asymmetric rectangular biphasic current (250 microseconds, 10 Hz)

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• chronic anterior knee pain >3 months
• older than 18 years-old

Exclusion criteria

• Surgical intervention in the intervention area
• Prosthesis or osteosynthesis in the intervention area
• Cardiac or tumoral diseases
• Coagulopathies
• Be under the effects of certain medications
• contraindication characteristic of the puncture

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1: PNM in pain knee

Experimental group

Description:

participants in whom PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the pain knee

Treatment:

Other: PNM

Group 2: PNM in non-pain knee

Experimental group

Description:

participants in whom PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the non-pain knee

Treatment:

Other: PNM