Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Radio Frequency for Chronic Knee Arthritis

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Chronic; Osteo Arthritis Knee

Treatments: Procedure: platelet rich plasma injection; Procedure: radiofrequency

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03886142

IRB00009923

Details and patient eligibility

About

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects aged above 45 years. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• osteoarthritis knee

Exclusion criteria

• coaguloapthy
• patient refusal

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

radiofrequency

Active Comparator group

Description:

genicular nerves pulsed radiofrequency

Treatment:

Procedure: radiofrequency

intra-articular platelet rich plasma

Active Comparator group

Description:

injection of platelet rich plasma in the affected joint

Treatment:

Procedure: platelet rich plasma injection