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New combo therapy eases stiff calves in knee arthritis patients

NCT ID NCT07256054

Symptom relief Sponsor: Cairo University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether adding high-power pain threshold ultrasound and vibration massage to standard treatment could help with calf muscle tightness in people with knee osteoarthritis. Sixty patients with moderate knee OA were split into three groups: standard care alone, standard care plus vibration, or standard care plus both vibration and ultrasound. The researchers measured calf flexibility, pain, and knee function before and after 12 sessions over four weeks.

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Active substance
high-power pain threshold ultrasound and vibration massage
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug way to ease calf tightness and improve knee function in people with knee osteoarthritis.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The outcomes are short-term and the treatment is an add-on, not a cure.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

60 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jun 2024

Finished

Aug 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

40 to 60 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age from 40 to 60 years' patients of chronic knee OA 2. Patient with unilateral knee OA grade II-III Kellgren and Lawrence (K/L) 3. Patients with BMI \< 30 kg/m² (not being classified as obese). 4. Patients who are able to walk with painful knee OAwithoutassistive devices. 5. Patients with knee pain intensity level at least \>3 cm on a 10 cm. VAS scale in activities such as going up-and downstairs, sitting and squatting. Exclusion Criteria: * Radiated pain from low back pain. * No radiographic evidence of knee OA or with mild OA (grade I according to K/L classification) or with severe OA (grade IV according to K/L classification). * Bilateral knee OA. * Loss of joint play in tibiofemoral and patellofemoral articulations. * Lower extremity fracture and surgery or trauma to the knee joint. * Neurological deficit or movement disorder related to lower limb. * Athletes or who had been treated with physiotherapy or medications during the previous 6 weeks. * Those who could not apply vibration and percussion stimuli. * Those who had varicose veins.

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Conditions

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osteoarthritis, knee

As listed by the trial registrant

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Knee osteoarthritis

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Physical Therapy faculty, Cairo University

    Cairo, Egypt

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