98
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2004
Primary Completion Date
November 1, 2008
Study Completion Date
May 1, 2016
Dextrose Prolotherapy
Injection procedure: 50% dextrose is diluted with .9% 'normal' saline and 1% lidocaine to achieve 15% dextrose for ligament injections and 25% dextrose for intra-articular injection.
Saline Prolotherapy
7 mL 9% 'normal' saline and 3mL 1% lidocaine
At-home physical therapy exercise group
Subjects in the at-home physical therapy exercise group will receive a patient information pamphlet about knee osteoarthritis and conservative care instructions for standard at-home physical therapy exercises
Northeast Family Medical Center, Madison
University of Wisconsin General Clinical Research Center, Madison
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
NIH
University of Wisconsin, Madison
OTHER