Deep Versus Superficial Heating in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis
NCT ID: NCT01343147
Last Updated: 2014-03-05
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
54 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-05-31
2010-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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Deep hyperthermia
Microwave diathermy
Microwave diathermy
Deep tissue heating via microwave diathermy
Superficial hyperthermia
Hot packs
Superficial hyperthermia
Superficial heating via hot pack application
Interventions
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Microwave diathermy
Deep tissue heating via microwave diathermy
Superficial hyperthermia
Superficial heating via hot pack application
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Moderate, mono or bilateral knee osteoarthritis
* Pain lasting for at least three weeks
Exclusion Criteria
* Previous surgery on the affected knee
* Intra-articular injections with steroids or hyaluronic acid in prior 6 months
* Physical therapy for knee problems in prior 6 months
* Congenital or acquired inflammatory or neurological (systemic or local) diseases involving the knee
* Chronic NSAID or steroid treatment
* Cognitive or psychiatric disorders
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding
* Contraindications to hyperthermia (cancer in prior 2 years or active cancer treatment, local thrombosis, impaired arterial circulation, altered cutaneous thermal sensitivity, local infections or systemic acute infections, metal implants or prosthesis, severe osteoporosis
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Carlo Bertolini
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Carlo Bertolini, M.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Locations
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Outpatient clinic of the Dept. Of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Physiatrics
Rome, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Giombini A, Giovannini V, Di Cesare A, Pacetti P, Ichinoseki-Sekine N, Shiraishi M, Naito H, Maffulli N. Hyperthermia induced by microwave diathermy in the management of muscle and tendon injuries. Br Med Bull. 2007;83:379-96. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldm020.
Di Cesare A, Giombini A, Dragoni S, Agnello L, Ripani M, Saraceni VM, Maffulli N. Calcific tendinopathy of the rotator cuff. Conservative management with 434 Mhz local microwave diathermy (hyperthermia): a case study. Disabil Rehabil. 2008;30(20-22):1578-83. doi: 10.1080/09638280701786351.
Giombini A, Di Cesare A, Safran MR, Ciatti R, Maffulli N. Short-term effectiveness of hyperthermia for supraspinatus tendinopathy in athletes: a short-term randomized controlled study. Am J Sports Med. 2006 Aug;34(8):1247-53. doi: 10.1177/0363546506287827. Epub 2006 Apr 24.
Kaplan LD, Chu CR, Bradley JP, Fu FH, Studer RK. Recovery of chondrocyte metabolic activity after thermal exposure. Am J Sports Med. 2003 May-Jun;31(3):392-8. doi: 10.1177/03635465030310031101.
Weinberger A, Fadilah R, Lev A, Levi A, Pinkhas J. Deep heat in the treatment of inflammatory joint disease. Med Hypotheses. 1988 Apr;25(4):231-3. doi: 10.1016/0306-9877(88)90036-9.
Cetin N, Aytar A, Atalay A, Akman MN. Comparing hot pack, short-wave diathermy, ultrasound, and TENS on isokinetic strength, pain, and functional status of women with osteoarthritic knees: a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Jun;87(6):443-51. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318174e467.
Robertson VJ, Ward AR, Jung P. The effect of heat on tissue extensibility: a comparison of deep and superficial heating. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 Apr;86(4):819-25. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.07.353.
Other Identifiers
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533/10
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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