VR and Cooled Genicular Nerve Radio Frequency Ablation for Chronic Knee Pain
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Pain, Chronic
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 62 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University · Other
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About This Trial
This study will examine the impact of virtual reality used in conjunction with sedation compared to sedation alone in patients undergoing watervcooled genicular nerve ablations for chronic knee pain.
The goals of the study is to determine the relative efficacy of virtual reality as a distraction modality when used as an adjuvant to procedural sedation compared to sedation alone for procedure rela…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients undergoing genicular RFA will be eligible for inclusion in the study
* Patients with knee pain, baseline average of \> 4/10
* X-ray evidence of osteoarthritis of the knee
* Pain duration of \>6 weeks and no previous knee surgeries
* Patients will also only be included…
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