NCT07066670Completed
Strain Counterstrain and Muscle Energy Technique in Patients of Knee Osteoarthritis
Comparative Effects of Strain Counterstrain and Muscle Energy Technique on Pain, Range of Motion, and Functional Disability in Patients of Knee Osteoarthritis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jul 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aimed to evaluate the comparative effects of Strain Counterstrain (SCS) and Muscle Energy Technique (MET) on pain, range of motion (ROM), and functional disability in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Conducted as a single-blinded randomized control trial at the University of Lahore Teaching Hospital, 76 participants were divided into two groups, receiving either SCS or MET alongside routine physical therapy. Outcome measures included pain intensity, ROM, and functional disability via KOOS.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 76 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 15 Mar 2024
- Primary completion date
- 13 Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Lahore
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07066670
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 76
- From 15 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 13 Dec 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Patients having any previous knee surgery (Khan et al., 2023).
Other illness
- Having any tumor or related pathology such as cancer (Arslan et al., 2022).
- Patients with isolated/predominantly patellofemoral symptomatic osteoarthritis, inflammatory diseases, joint effusion, or excessive knee deformity (Deng et al., 2021).
Other
- Congenital deformities (Deng et al., 2021).
Who the study is looking for
- Age between 45 to 65 years (Pandiselvi, 2019).
- Patients who were willing and able to comply with the study protocol and follow-up procedures (Arslan et al., 2022).
- Patients having Grade 2 knee OA Kellgren and Lawrence system. In this system, grade 2 signifies minimal severity of OA (Ratzlaff et al., 2018).
Age in the registry: 45 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Lahore Teaching Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lahore | Pakistan | Unknown status |
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