Knee Osteoarthritis and Lazer Therapy

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disease of articular cartilage that causes hypertrophic changes in bone. OA is a non-inflammatory progressive musculoskeletal disease and is one of the most common degenerative diseases in the general population. OA is characterized by progressive cartilage destruction in load-bearing joints, subchondral sclerosis, osteophyte formation, and some biochemical and morphological changes in the synovial membrane and joint capsule. Common symptoms of knee osteoarthritis are; Knee pain that increases with activity, limitation of normal joint movement of the knee, edema, and knee pain that begins with prolonged sitting. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of laser treatment applied in addition to conventional physiotherapy on pain, function, muscle strength and balance in patients with knee osteoarthritis who received PRP.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Volunteering to participate in the study

• Being diagnosed with knee OA by a specialist physician

• Having had PRP injection applied by a specialist physician

• Having unilateral knee OA

• Being stage I-stage III in the Kellgren-Lawrence OA classification

• Being between the ages of 18-65

Locations
Other Locations
Turkey
Karabük University
RECRUITING
Karabük
Contact Information
Primary
Sevde Nur AKTAŞ, MsC
sevdenur9880@icloud.com
05438760764
Backup
Metehan YANA, PhD
metehanyana@karabuk.edu.tr
05072665522
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-07-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-06-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Active_comparator: Conventional treatment
Within the scope of conventional treatment, individuals were given Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), infrared, US and exercise therapy.
Active_comparator: Laser treatment
In the study group, low-dose laser treatment was applied in addition to conventional treatment. Therapeutic Laser device was used for laser treatment. Laser treatment was applied to 8 sensitive points around the knee for 1 minute, for a total of 8 minutes.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Karabuk University

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov