Intraarticular Pulse Radiofrequency to Treat Chronic Knee Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02141529
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether bipolar intraarticular pulsed radiofrequency method has a superiority to unipolar mode in the treatment of chronic knee pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Bipolar Versus Unipolar Intraarticular Pulsed Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation in Chronic Knee Pain Treatment: A Prospective Randomized Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Unipolar pulsed radiofrequency thermocoagulation
- Procedure: Bipolar pulsed radiofrequency thermocoagulation
- Sponsor
- Cukurova University
- Start date
- 2014-05
- Primary completion
- 2015-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 20-70 years * Patients with osteoarthritis having knee pain over 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Chronic knee pain caused by infection, inflammation, tumors, and fractures * A history of acute knee pain, previous knee surgery, connective tissue diseases, neurologic or psychiatric disorders, * The administration of steroids or hyaluronic acids within the last three months * Coagulation disorders * Local infection at the site of intervention planned
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02141529