Percutaneous Neuromodulation on the Anterior Pain Knee

NCT ID: NCT03883737

Last Updated: 2020-07-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 28 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-04-14
• Study Completion Date: 2019-11-01

Brief Summary

Anterior knee pain (AKP) is one of the most frequent pathologies of the lower limb, in young and adult subjects. In the field of Physiotherapy, ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation (PNM) is defined as the application through a needle with ultrasound guidance of an electrical current at low or medium frequency, seeking a sensitive and / or motor response of a peripheral nerve in some point of its trajectory, or of a muscle in a motor point, with a therapeutic objective. The objective of this study is to analyze that the effect of PNM on the femoral nerve produces statistically significant changes in pain, joint range and knee functionality in patients with chronic AKP. Thirty subjects will be recruited, which will be divided into 2 groups: group 1 to which PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the pain knee; and group 2 to which PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the non-pain knee. The PNM intervention with NMP will consist in the single application of an asymmetric rectangular biphasic current (250 microseconds, 10 Hz)

Conditions

Neuromodulation; Anterior Pain Knee; Femoral Nerve

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Group 1: PNM in pain knee

participants in whom PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the pain knee

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

PNM

Intervention Type: OTHER

an asymmetric rectangular biphasic current (250 microseconds, 10 Hz)

Group 2: PNM in non-pain knee

participants in whom PNM will be applied to the femoral nerve of the non-pain knee

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

PNM

Intervention Type: OTHER

an asymmetric rectangular biphasic current (250 microseconds, 10 Hz)

Interventions

PNM

an asymmetric rectangular biphasic current (250 microseconds, 10 Hz)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• chronic anterior knee pain >3 months
• older than 18 years-old

Exclusion Criteria

• Surgical intervention in the intervention area
• Prosthesis or osteosynthesis in the intervention area
• Cardiac or tumoral diseases
• Coagulopathies
• Be under the effects of certain medications
• contraindication characteristic of the puncture

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Seville

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Blanca de la Cruz Torres

Director

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Seville

Seville, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

PNM and knee

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id