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Last refreshed on: 8 May 2023
Main ID:  NCT03344770
Date of registration: 13/11/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Marta Imamura
Public title: The Efficacy of Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Knee Osteoarthritis
Scientific title: The Efficacy of Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (RESWT) for Functional Improvement of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis - A Double-blind Randomized Trial
Date of first enrolment: October 20, 2017
Target sample size: 44
Recruitment status: Suspended
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03344770
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Marta Imamura, MD
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Affiliation:  Instituto de Medicina Física e Reabilitação HCFMUSP
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis;

- Onset knee pain with moderate or severe intensity: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) > 4;

- Onset knee pain over 3 months prior to the inclusion;

Exclusion Criteria:

- Presence of psychiatric disease;

- Presence of fibromyalgia;

- Presence of systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases;

- History of neoplasia;

- Presence of clinical diseases in other joints;

- Ongoing use of anticoagulant drugs.



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Intervention(s)
Device: Active rESWT
Device: Sham rESWT
Primary Outcome(s)
Functional Change [Time Frame: At baseline and three months after the end of the treatment.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Short Term Functional Changes [Time Frame: At baseline and one week after the end of the treatment.]
Pain pressure threshold tolerance changes [Time Frame: At baseline, one week and three months after the end of the treatment]
Diffuse noxious inhibitory control alterations [Time Frame: At baseline, one week and three months after the end of the treatment]
Thermography evaluation [Time Frame: At baseline, one week and three months after the end of the treatment]
Knee pain reduction [Time Frame: At baseline, one week and three months after the end of the treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
72067817.8.0000.0068
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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