Percutaneous Neurostimulation in Knee Osteoarthritis
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the genicular nerve, nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the saphenous nerve.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee, Neuromodulation. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Egypt
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Percutaneous Peripheral Temporary Neurostimulation in Moderate to Severe Knee Osteoarthritis
Overview
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
Interventions
- Device nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the genicular nerve
temporary transcutaneous nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the genicular nerve, with settings 2Hz, 0.2mA, 1ms, where the nerve is stimulated for 4 to 6 minutes. - Device nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the saphenous nerve
temporary transcutaneous nerve stimulation using a nerve stimulator to the saphenous nerve, with settings 2Hz, 0.2mA, 1ms, where the nerve is stimulated for 4 to 6 minutes.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in visual analogue scale after intervention. [Time frame: immediately after intervention.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 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.
Exclusion criteria
- 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.
- patients with previous trauma, neurological or endocrine diseases like diabetes mellitus, and knee tumors; and patients with inflammatory arthritis.
- people who had received an intra-articular knee injection within the last 6 months.
- Patients with tendon tears, bursitis, or calcified tendonitis as proven by imaging.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Egypt · 1 center
- Faculty of medicine, Tanta University — Tanta
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07637682 · 36265PR60/5/26