Radiofrequency treatment for chronic knee pain in people with knee osteoarthritis

Amy Belba; Thibaut Vanneste; Luc E Vanlinthout; Jan Kallewaard; Sander Mj Van Kuijk; Merel Kimman; Pieter Emans; Koen Van Boxem; Maria Milagrosa Santana Pineda; Kristof Thevissen; Jan Van Zundert; Patrik Vankrunkelsven; Anne-Catherine Vanhove

doi:10.1002/14651858.CD015865

Radiofrequency treatment for chronic knee pain in people with knee osteoarthritis

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Feb 7;2(2):CD015865. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015865.

Authors

Amy Belba^{1

2}, Thibaut Vanneste^{2

3}, Luc E Vanlinthout⁴, Jan Kallewaard^{5

6}, Sander Mj Van Kuijk⁷, Merel Kimman⁷, Pieter Emans⁸, Koen Van Boxem², Maria Milagrosa Santana Pineda⁹, Kristof Thevissen^{1

10}, Jan Van Zundert^{2

3}, Patrik Vankrunkelsven^{11

12}, Anne-Catherine Vanhove¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Hospital Oost-limburg, Genk, Belgium.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, Netherlands.
⁶ Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands.
⁹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Cadíz, Cadiz, Spain.
¹⁰ Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.
¹¹ Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Cochrane Belgium, Leuven, Belgium.
¹² Academisch Centrum voor Huisartsgeneeskunde, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of radiofrequency treatment of the genicular nerves in people with chronic knee pain due to knee osteoarthritis.

MeSH terms

Arthralgia* / etiology
Arthralgia* / therapy
Chronic Pain* / etiology
Chronic Pain* / therapy
Humans
Osteoarthritis, Knee* / complications
Radiofrequency Therapy / methods
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic