Knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The subjects who met the diagnostic criteria of Western medicine and TCM cold dampness obstruction syndrome criteria; 2. Subjects with Kellgren & Lawrence grade I - III; 3. The subjects who had not received knee surgery had not received treatment in the past month or had undergone at least two weeks of washout after treatment; 4. The patients who know the treatment plan have good compliance and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with knee ulceration, infection and skin allergy; 2. Patients with severe cardiovascular diseases (such as myocardial infarction, heart failure, severe heart failure, etc.), lung diseases (such as pulmonary insufficiency, etc.), liver, kidney, hematopoietic system diseases, etc; 3. Patients with joint disease, such as psoriasis, syphilitic neuropathy, brown yellow disease, metabolic bone disease, acute trauma, etc; 4. Other patients with non degenerative knee arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis and gouty arthritis; 5. Pregnant, lactating or insane patients.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS score;WOMAC score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Musculoskeletal ultrasound of the knee joint;X-ray of the knee joint;Lequesne index;the MOS item short from health survey;gait analysis;Infrared inspection of knee joint; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine