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Electrical Dry Needling Versus Iontophoresis in Treating Chronic Unilateral Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT06578663 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-07-15

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of electrical dry needling versus glucosamine sulfate iontophoresis on pain intensity level, functional ability, and knee range of motion in chronic unilateral knee osteoarthritis patients.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis of Knee

Interventions

OTHER

conventional physical therapy

including transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and an exercise therapy program (stretching exercises, both hip and knee strengthening, balance, and stability exercise)

OTHER

Electrical Dry Needling

In electrical dry needling, needle electrodes are used to deliver an electric current to the taut muscle band or the pain-generating trigger point. Low-frequency currents are thought to improve the physiological effects of the therapy by using electrical stimulation to enhance certain physiological reactions and achieve a speedier analgesic and anesthetic effect than that obtained with standard dry needling.

OTHER

Glucosamine sulfate iontophoresis

Galvanic current mode will be used to deliver the cream through the skin. One gram of GS will be placed on positive electrode (being positively charged using Trans-arthral electrode placement technique) for administration of Iontophoresis \[40mA-min (2mA x 20minutes)\].

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Horus University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-01
Primary Completion
2024-12-01
Completion
2025-06-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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