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Immediate Effects of Manual Therapy Versus TENS in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT02947451 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2020-07-08

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Summary

Patients with knee Osteoarthritis have high prevalence of pain , requiring ever more precise interventions in their management. This study aims to investigate the immediate effects of manual therapy and TENS on pain in patients with knee Osteoarthritis. Knowledge of best interventions favors reducing spending on health and safety for the patient.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Manual Therapy

In manual therapy group will be assigned a protocol with manual passive stretching for the quadriceps muscles, hamstrings, triceps surae, adductors and abductors of the hip; myofascial release peripatellar; joint mobilization grades 1 and 2 for tibiofemoral joint and femoro - patellar in the affected knee. Stretching, myofascial release and mobilizations will be held for 30 seconds, with three repetitions of each. The intervention will be applied only once.

OTHER

TENS

In TENS group will be applied to continuous current mode, frequency 100Hz and pulse width of 50μs for 40 minutes in a single application. The intensity will be defined by the patient, should the stimulus be considered intense, but pleasant to it.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gabriel Peixoto Leão Almeida

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-30
Primary Completion
2016-11-30
Completion
2018-11-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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