Table 2.

Study procedures

Study period
	Screening Run in period	Recruitment	Treatment								Follow-up
Time point (weeks)	− 1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	12	16	20
Eligibility Screening	+
Informed consent	+
Recruitment		+
Randomization			+
Arms
Arm I—STM
Arm II Conventional
Investigations	+		+							+	+	+	+
Assessments
WOMAC	+		+							+	+	+	+
KOOS	+		+							+	+	+	+
Pain disability index	+		+							+	+	+	+
Visual analog scale for pain	+		+							+	+	+	+
Sleep quality	+		+							+	+	+	+
Quality-of-life index	+		+							+	+	+	+
Adverse events			+	+	+	+	+	+	+