Knee Osteoarthritis Disabling Pain Program for the Brazilian Unified Health System

The Functional Treatment of Disabling Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis in a Rehabilitation Program for the Brazilian Unified Health System

This is a Randomized Clinical Trial to compare two interventions for reducing knee pain and improving knee function of patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Sixty participants will be randomly allocated to one of the intervention groups, either a knee educational program or a combination of knee educational program and medical interventions.

Participants will be assessed primarily on function and pain, as well as other secondary outcomes at baseline, at the end of the interventions, and three months after the end of the interventions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis;
• Moderate to severe knee pain (VAS >= 4);
• Knee pain for at least 3 months prior to inclusion;
• Willing to sign the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Untreated severe psychological or psychiatric diseases without treatment;
• Presence of fibromyalgia;
• Presence of systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases;
• Presence of neoplasia;
• Presence of relevant pain in other joints, according to medical evaluation;
• Presence of intolerance or allergy to Lidocaine or local anaesthetics;
• Concomitant use of anticoagulant drug.