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CompletedNCT03743818

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF HYALURONIC ACID, DRY NEEDLING AND COMBINED TREATMENT IN PATELLAR OSTEOARTHRITIS

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF HYALURONIC ACID, DRY NEEDLING AND COMBINED TREATMENT IN PATELLAR OSTEOARTHRITIS: NON-CONTROLLED RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL WITH BLINDED EVALUATOR

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60 (actual)
Sponsor
Universidad Católica de Ávila · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Randomized clinical trial in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Sixty patients will be evaluated, divided in three groups (20 in each). One group A will be treated by dry needling in the vast internal, other group B will be treated with a standardized treatment protocol (electrotherapy and manual therapy), and group C will be treated with hialuronic acid. The investigators want to observe which technique is the most effective in osteoarthritis.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEdry needlingdry needling on the trigger point of the vastus medialis of the quadriceps
OTHERultrasoundaply ultrasound on the knee
DEVICEhyauluronic acidaply hyaluronic acid on the knee

Timeline

Start date
2020-07-08
Primary completion
2020-12-15
Completion
2021-04-20
First posted
2018-11-16
Last updated
2021-04-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03743818. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.