Osteoarthritis knee
Conditions
Interventions
Group 3:Control
Group 1:Real Ultrasound-guided dry needling
Group 2:Placebo ultrasound guided dry needling
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria with reference to the American College of Rheumatology clinical criteria developed by Altman et al., 1986 (Altman et al., 1986): 1) aged >50 to 80 years old; 2) referred with diagnosed KOA; 3) with episode of anterior and/or medial knee pain at 2-3 local tender spots, crepitus, and functional limitations caused by KOA a period of at least 6 months; 4) stiffness <30 minutes; 5) KL scale (Petersoon et al., 1997) grade I and grade III and , valgus angle of tibiofemoral joint less than 150; 6) able to read Chinese and listen to Cantonese as the outcomes questionnaire is Chinese version and supervised exercise class will be conducted in Cantonese.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) having other musculoskeletal diseases associated with knee pain e.g. refer pain from LBP or posterior or lateral knee pain or co-existing pain over the other limb; 2) suffering from acute inflammation, diffuse tenderness upon palpation test, bone marrow lesion, severe joint deformity or valgus angle of tibiofemoral joint equal to or more than 150 with XR showed grade IV in KL scale, coagulation disorders, metabolic , or neuropathic arthropathies, immunosuppressed diseases, systematic disease; 3) having severe concomitant illness (e.g. sprain ankle, OA hip, etc.) that may affect the clinical outcomes of this study (e.g. functional mobility); 4) contraindications to dry needling including pregnancy, malignancy, menstruating at the time of study, fear to dry needling; 5) having recent treatment from any acupuncture therapy or dry needling therapy in the previous 2 weeks; 6) cognitive impairment; 7) having wound or pressure sore or skin problems or skin allergy, iodine allergy; 8) having steroid injection or drugs.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain;Function; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactDr. Amy S.N. Fu
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Outcome results
None listed