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Pulsed Short Wave in Females With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT01331174 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 121

Last updated 2012-11-27

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Summary

Study design: Randomized clinical trial. Objective: To evaluate the effect of PSW treatment in different doses and to compare to the control and placebo group.

Background: Several forms of conservative treatment have been the focus of many recent studies in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Among these techniques, the application of pulsed short wave has been widely used, but the optimal dose and application time still have not been well established.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Pulsed short wave

The treatment was performed with 2 devices named Diatermed II (Carci, São Paulo, SP, Brazil), previously calibrated, carrying frequency of 27.12MHz, peak power of 250W, and pulse duration of 400µs. All these parameters are predetermined in the device according to the manufacturer. We used the maximum power provided by the machine in a pulsed form with a pulse frequency of 145Hz, resulting in a mean power of 14.5W.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thiago Y Fukuda, PhD · Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-12-31

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