NCT06428071

Decompression Versus Heat and Decompression in Knee OA

Mechanical Knee Decompression With and Without Heating: Impact on Pain, Function, and Range of Motion

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 75 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Hail · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

a randomized controlled trial tends to compare the effects of adding superficial heating during the application of knee decompression session to the results of decompression alone without heating.

Detailed description

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive multifactorial joint disease characterized by chronic pain and functional disability due to the degeneration of the articular cartilage. The knee joint is the most vulnerable joint in the human body and occupies four-fifths of the burden of OA worldwide. Subjects having KOA demonstrate deferent clinical and radiological characteristics such as narrowed joint space, osteophytes around the articular surface, subchondral sclerosis, pain, limited range of motion (ROM), and declined functional status. Except for the arthroplasty for the severely arthritic knee joint, there is no cure for the degeneration of joint cartilage. Medications, exercises, and physical agents can be used to address the associated pain, muscular tightness, weakness, and physical disability. Interestingly, previous efforts that applied traction (decompression) on the arthritic knee joint demonstrated favorable results even on the thickness of the articular cartilage. However, these methods were mainly invasive surgical procedures that encountered disadvantages like the risk of infection and prolonged bedridden that might affect the general health of the patients

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	standard physical therapy	All Patients in the three groups will receive supervised systematic exercise therapy that was performed effectively in previous work. This program consisted of lower limb static, dynamic, and flexibility exer¬cises that targeted the quadriceps, hamstrings, and gluteus muscles; and core strength training for 20 minutes per day. This program will be applied 3 times per week for 6 weeks to all the participants
OTHER	knee Decompression	continuous mechanical decompression using 20% of the body weight as a traction force for 15 minutes.
OTHER	hot pack	hot pack over the treated knee joint will be applied for 20 minutes. this application will be performed while the patient is receiving the decompression session

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-15
• Primary completion: 2024-12-30
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2024-05-24
• Last updated: 2025-01-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia