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Effect of Transcutaneous Electrostimulation (TENS) on Pain and Physical Function in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT01875042 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2016-04-12

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Summary

The proposed study is a multi-center, randomized, double blind (patient and assessor), sham controlled clinical trial using a parallel 2 group design recruiting 220 patients of at least 18 years of age. The investigators will include patients presenting with clinically and radiologically diagnosed knee OA according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology, who experienced knee pain lasting for at least six months, and were diagnosed with radiographic severity of ≥ 2 on the Kellgren-Lawrence grading system or had one or more of the following signs and symptoms in the knee; restricted range of motion, pain in motion, crepitations, morning stiffness. Patients will be randomly allocated to receive TENS or sham TENS for 3 weeks.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

DEVICE

TENS

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

DEVICE

Sham TENS

Sham Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Arco Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephan Reichenbach, MD · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern

  • Peter Jüni, Prof. · Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2015-01-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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