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Title

High Intensity Laser Therapy (Classes IV) and Ibuprofen Gel Phonophoresis for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis
High Intensity Laser Therapy (Classes IV) and Ibuprofen Gel Phonophoresis for Treating Knee Osteoarthritis Among People Living in Hilly Terrain: A Randomized, Double Blind, Controlled Study

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Recruiting

  • Study Participants

    80
A total of 80 patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) aged between fourty five and seventy years will be recruited by simple random sampling to participate in two group, randomized, double blind, controlled study. Recruited patients will be randomly divided in to two groups high intensity-laser therapy (HILT) group and ibuprofen gel phonophoresis (IGP) group. Duration of the treatment will be 8 minutes in one session/knee joint for each day for 3 days/week for 8 weeks.The pain and quality of life will be assessed at the baseline and at the end of 8-week post-intervention period.
Study Started
Sep 28
2020
Primary Completion
May 21
2023
Anticipated
Study Completion
Jun 30
2023
Anticipated
Last Update
Sep 14
2022

Other High Intensity LASER Therapy

The total energy will be delivered to the patient during one session will be 1,250 J through three phases of treatment. Initial phase (710 and 810 mJ/cm2 for a total of 500 J) Intermediate phase (handpiece will be applied on the joint line just proximal to the medial and lateral tibial condyles with 25 J, a fluency of 610 mJ/cm2, and a time of 14 s for each point and a total of 250 J) Final phase (same as the initial phase (500 J) except that scanning will be slow manual scanning ) The application time for all three phases will be approximately 15 min with the total energy delivered to the patient during one session of 1,250 J Duration of the treatment will be 8 minutes in one session/knee joint for each day for 3 days/week for 8 weeks.

  • Other names: HILT

Other Ibuprofen gel phonophoresis

Continuous ultrasound set at a frequency of 1 MHz and an intensity of 1 W/cm2 was applied on a circular basis. Each treatment session will last for 8 min with one session each day for 3 days/week for 8 weeks.

  • Other names: IGP

High Intensity LASER Therapy group (HILT) Experimental

Fourty patients with chronic KOA in HILT group will receive Class IV LASER therapy. A Class IV LASER emits power more than 500 mW .

Ibuprofen gel phonophoresis (IGP) group Active Comparator

Patients with chronic KOA in IGP group will administered with continuous ultrasound set at a frequency of 1 MHz and an intensity of 1 W/cm2 was applied on a circular basis

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients diagnosed with clinical knee OA according to the diagnostic criteria of ACR were included in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Unwillingness to participate in the study
Recent history (within the last 3 months) of physical therapy to the same joint
Recent history (within the last 3 months) of intra-articular procedure (injection and/or lavage) to the knee
History of knee surgery/fracture
Acute synovitis/arthritis including the infectious conditions
Presence of malignancy
Pregnancy
Taking pain relief medications
No Results Posted