WHIRLPOOL FOR OSTEOARHRITIS

Ufuk University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sleep Disorder

Neuropathic Pain

Osteo Arthritis Knee

Treatments

Other: Whirlpool

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03299114

30112015-6

Details and patient eligibility

About

Both neuropathic and nociceptive mechanisms may contribute to the OA pain experience. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of warm whirlpool on pain, disability, quality of life (QoL) and sleep for patients with neuropathic pain.

Full description

Whirlpool treatment method is used for medical and surgical conditions. In literature there are studies which recommend whirlpool therapy as a treatment for reducing pain in patients with osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of warm whirlpool on pain, disability, quality of life (QoL) and sleep for patients with neuropathic pain.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

50 to 75 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

suffering from knee pain at least 3 months
radiological manifestations considering were consistent with grade 3 and 4 knee OA due to Kellgren and Lawrence criteria had DN4 scores ≥4.

Exclusion criteria

lower extremity surgery history, knee infection inflammatory disease like rheumatoid arthritis back or pelvic pain related with knee pain another cause of polyneuropathy (diabetes mellitus, vitamin B 12 deficiency, toxic or neurological disease like stroke, spinal cord injury) lumbar disc herniation malignancy or active systemic disease.