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Effects of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy on Meniscal Healing, Symptom Relief, and Knee Function

NCT07117929 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-08-12

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) combined with home exercise improves healing and function in adults with meniscus tears. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does PEMF therapy help heal meniscus tears, as seen on MRI scans?
2. Does PEMF therapy subjectively reduce knee pain, improve movement, and enhance quality of life?
3. Does PEMF therapy objectively help patients perform daily activities more easily?

Researchers will compare PEMF therapy against a sham (inactive) treatment to determine if it provides additional benefits.

Participants will:

* Be assigned randomly to either the PEMF group (active treatment) or the sham PEMF group (inactive, but identical in appearance)
* Receive either real PEMF therapy or sham treatment twice a week for 8 weeks (each session lasts 10 minutes).
* Follow a standard home exercise program to strengthen their knees.
* Have their knee function, pain levels, and healing progress checked through MRI scans, questionnaires, imaging and physical tests.
* Return for 3 follow-up visits after the 8-week treatment period.

Conditions

  • Meniscal Tears

Interventions

DEVICE

Active PEMF

PEMF: 1.5mT, 10Hz, 10 minutes

DEVICE

Sham PEMF

PEMF 0mT, 0Hz, 10 minutes

OTHER

Exercise

Standardised home exercise protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-15
Primary Completion
2027-02-28
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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