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The Effect of Tail Fat Application on Joint Pain, Joint Stiffness, and Daily Living Activities in Patients With Gonarthrosis
- Sponsor
- Inonu University (Academic or other)
- Enrolment
- 66 planned
- Conditions
- Gonarthrosis
- Interventions
- Sheep Tail Fat; Standard medical treatment
- Ages
- adults, older adults
- Registry
- NCT07867405
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From the registry
In recent years, experimental and clinical studies conducted on sheep tail fat, a natural and easily accessible resource, have shown that bioactive components found in sheep tail fat, such as palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, and myristic acid, have anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective (cartilage-protective) properties. In addition, literature reviews have revealed that sheep tail fat alleviates joint pain and has a positive effect on joint stiffness. Sheep tail fat is known to be frequently used by patients with gonarthrosis (knee osteoarthritis) in Türkiye and many other countries as a traditional and complementary medicine method. In this context, this study is designed as a randomized controlled experimental study to evaluate the effects of sheep tail fat application on pain, joint stiffness, and activities of daily living in patients with gonarthrosis. The study population consists of patients diagnosed with gonarthrosis who apply to the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinics of two state hospitals located in Bitlis. According to the…
Primary outcomes
- Pain intensity measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
History
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