Trial reportBioMed research international2013
Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with exercises versus an exercise program on the pain and the function in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02802878 (Determining the Effects of the Combined Application of Electrical Stimulation and Volitional Contractions on Muscle Strength and Knee Pain and Function in Women With or at Risk for Knee Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Determining the Effects of the Combined Application of Electrical Stimulation and Volitional Contractions on Muscle Strength and Knee Pain and Function in Women With or at Risk for Knee Osteoarthritis
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison between the effects of Maitland's mobilization versus its combination with vastus medialis oblique neuromuscular stimulation on two scales (NPRS & WOMAC) in knee osteoarthritis patients.The Indian journal of medical research · 2022Trial
- Evaluation of the Combined Application of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Volitional Contractions on Thigh Muscle Strength, Knee Pain, and Physical Performance in Women at Risk for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Additional effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on knee extension lag, pain and knee range of motion in immediate postsurgical phase (0-2 weeks) in primary total knee arthroplasty patient.Annals of translational medicine · 2019Article
- 2017 update of the Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR) evidence-based recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis.Rheumatology international · 2018Review
- A pilot study of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for neuropathic pain caused by spinal cord injury.Medicine · 2018Article
- Differential diagnostics of pain in the course of trigeminal neuralgia and temporomandibular joint dysfunction.BioMed research international · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the effect of 8 weeks of NMES + Ex (neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with exercises) on pain and functional improvement in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) compared to exercise (Ex) alone.
designRandomized controlled trial.
settingA specialty outpatient clinic.
participantsPatients (N = 100; women = 86, men = 14; age range, 50-75 years) with knee OA.
interventionsParticipants were randomly assigned to NMES + Ex or Ex group. OUTCOME MEASURES: Numerical Rating Scale 0 to 10 (NRS) and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test were the primary outcomes. The secondary outcomes used were the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC).
resultsFollowing the interventions, a statistically significant improvement in both groups was observed in all outcomes assessed. For the comparison between the groups, no statistically significant difference was found between the NMES + Ex and the Ex groups in NRS (P = 0.52), TUG test (P = 0.12), and aspects of WOMAC: pain (P = 0.26), function (P = 0.23), and stiffness (P = 0.63).
conclusionTHE addition of NMES to exercise did not improve the outcomes assessed in knee OA patients. This study was registered at the Australian Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN012607000357459).
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