Active clinical trials for "Osteoarthritis, Knee"

This mechanistic clinical trial proposes to test whether a five-day course of mindfulness meditation training (MMT) and tDCS, and their combination, can enhance pain modulatory balance and pain-related brain function, reduce clinical pain, among African Americans and non-Hispanic whites with knee osteoarthritis (OA). This approach will provide evidence that targeting stress and pain-related brain function will reduce OA-related pain and ethnic group differences therein.

This study compares two total knee replacement implants to asses muscle function and quality, and the immune response to the implants. 30 patients will receive the Smith and Nephew Journey II implant, while 30 patients will receive the Zimmer NexGen LPS-flex implant. 15 healthy controls will also be recruited and compared.

A randomized clinical trial will be conducted in Gujranwala and 24 patients with grade 3 knee OA will be recruited. After consent, patients will be randomly allocated into 2 groups by lottery method. Group A will do close kinetic chain exercises, including static cycling, lifestyle modification, and patient education. Group B will do open kinetic chain exercises including quadriceps drills with lifestyle modification and patient education. A total duration of 12 weeks with 3 sessions per week will be given. Outcome measures Assessment will be done at 0 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks.

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to compare opioid medication consumption after surgery for patients who have a total knee replacement. The main questions it aims to answer are: How well does the study drug control pain in the days after surgery? Does the study drug reduce the amount of opioid analgesic consumed after surgery? Participants in the study group will undergo a total knee replacement as planned with their surgeon. In addition, be given the study drug, Zynrelef (combination of bupivacaine and meloxicam). Researchers will compare the above to a control group who will have a total knee replace only according to usual standards to see if there are any differences in the amount of a type of pain medication (opioid analgesic) consumed in the days following surgery.

The primary aim will seek to understand whether Cognitive Muscular Therapy (CMT) could provide pain relief for people on a waiting list for joint replacement.

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to investigate the postoperative recovery following hip and knee arthroplasty procedures depending on the use of either spinal anaesthesia (SA) or general anaesthesia (GA). The main questions are: Are more patients able to be safely mobilized within 6 hours postoperatively when using GA compared to SA? Does postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, dizzyness, occurence of delirium and urinary retention differ between the anaesthetic methods? Participants, scheduled for total hip, total knee and unicomartmental knee arthroplasty, will be randomized to recieve spinal anaesthesia or general anaesthesia in relation to surgery. At 6 hours postoperatively a physiotherapist will conduct a 5-meter walking test to evaluate whether the participant can be safely mobilized.

The purpose of this research is to treat patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) with periosteal electric dry needling (PEDN). It is also to determine the optimal "maintenance" regiment (i.e. maintenance treatments, one maintenance treatment every other month, or one maintenance treatment per month) required to maintain improvements in pain and function following PEDN. Physical therapists commonly use PEDN to treat knee OA, and previous studies suggest that this treatment is useful for reducing pain and improving function in patients with osteoarthritis. However, an appropriate maintenance treatment strategy to maintain these outcomes is presently unknown.

The primary objective of this study is to study how low-impact group exercise classes affect pain scores in patients with knee, hip, and ankle pain when paired with concurrent standard of care dietitian and behavioral health consults.

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.

The objective of this study is to compare clinical and radiological outcomes in robotic-arm assisted TKA using mechanical alignment (MA TKA) versus robotic-arm assisted TKA with functional alignment (FA TKA). Both FA TKA and MA TKA are performed through similar skin incisions, robotic-guidance, and use identical implants. In MA TKA, bone is prepared and implants positioned to ensure that that the overall alignment of the leg is in neutral. In FA TKA, the bone is prepared and implants positioned to restore the natural alignment of the patient's leg. Both of these surgical techniques provide excellent outcomes in TKA but it is not known which of the two techniques is better for patient recovery. Mako robotic-assisted TKA is an established treatment for arthritis of the knee joint. The positions of the implants and overall alignment of the leg are important as they influence how quickly the implants wear out and need replacing. The aim of this study is to determine if patient recovery is better with functionally aligned Mako robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (FA TKA) or mechanically aligned Mako robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (MA TKA)