Percutaneous Neurostimulation in Knee Osteoarthritis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTanta University
About this trial
Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) is a drug-free pain management procedure that uses electrical impulses to target specific nerves and block pain signals. PNS helps decrease perception of pain, providing real answers to patients dealing with chronic knee pain. The case study discussed in this presentation is of the use of PNS targeting the superior lateral genicular nerve and the saphenous nerve for a patient with moderate to severe knee pain from osteoarthritis
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
adults between the ages of 30 and 70 years with a clinical diagnosis of moderate to severe knee OA who suffered knee pain.
Patients who cannot afford intra-articular injections or radiofrequency ablation (RFA).
patients who had failed 2 different oral pain medications and 6 weeks of physical therapy.
Disqualifiers
Patients with OA show improvement in pain after physiotherapy.
patients evaluated by an orthopaedic surgeon and deemed to be surgical candidates due to knee pathologies other than OA.
pregnant patients.
patients on anticoagulation therapy, who were not permitted to stop anticoagulation.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the genicular nerve
- nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the saphenous nerve
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov