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The Effects of Home Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on People With Knee OA and or Chronic Knee Pain

Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05062499
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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 the research is to see if the use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) at home would reduce knee pain and swelling in people with knee OA and/or chronic knee pain.

Study details

Official title
The Effects of Home Use of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on People With Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) and or Chronic Knee Pain
Interventions
  • Device: Active TENS
  • Device: Sham TENS
Sponsor
Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
Collaborators
Western Michigan University
Start date
2021-09
Primary completion
2022-03
Sex
All
Age range
from 45 Years to 80 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Total sites listed
0

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * The inclusionary criteria for subjects: Male or Female with the age of 45 years or older, ultrasonography scale of 0-3 for grading of primary Knee OA of the knees, pain perceived as a minimum of 3/10 and a maximum of 7/10 weekly average during the baseline period on a 0-10 active VAS pain scale, no phobia of electrical stimulation, no pain or anti-inflammatory medication will be taken during the study. Injury/pain that began at the knee a minimum of 6-weeks before entering the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria for the subjects: Pregnancy, Diabetes Mellitus, Neuropathy, Smoker, Uncontrolled HTN, Past surgery in the region to be treated by TENS or had received an intra-articular corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injection within 6 months before enrollment, Arthritis (RA) in the area to be treated by TENS, Allergic to tape/electrodes, Dementia, history of knee joint replacement or tibial osteotomy, undergoing physical therapy, any other major joint pain (e.g., back, hip, or ankle) that could limit functional ability, contraindications to TENS (pacemakers, dermatological conditions, and abnormal sensation in the knees), severe medical or neurological conditions (e.g. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, arteriosclerosis obliterans, cerebrovascular accident, lumbar disc, herniation, and rheumatoid arthritis) or do not utilize stairs in daily living and unable to walk without ambulatory assistive devices. The candidate will be disqualified as a subject for the study if less than 5 days of pedometer use or less than 5 days VAS reporting within the prior week's baseline period.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05062499