Efficacy of Tuina in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2100051040

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2021-09-10

Start date

2021-09-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-05-16

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Conditions

Knee osteoarthritis

Interventions

Tuina - Tuina Group:Tuina treatment

Tuina - Mission Group:Tuina treatment and health care education intervention

Mission - Tuina Group:health care education intervention and Tuina treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

40 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the KOA diagnostic criteria specified in the 2018 Osteoarthritis Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines, including retropatellar, medial or lateral KOA, etc., without traumatic etiology; 2. Age 40-70 years old, right-handed; 3. Not taking painkillers within the past 1 month; 4. Have not received massage therapy within 1 month; 5. Knee pain for at least 3 months; 6. The average VAS score in the past 2 weeks is greater than 3; 7. The Kyle Glenn scale indicates that there are grade I-II knee radiological changes; 8. The informed consent has been signed.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Alcoholism, drug addiction or taking other drugs; 2. Pregnant or lactating women; 3. Suffering from mental illness, neurological disease, gastrointestinal disease, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, immunological disease, respiratory system disease or kidney disease; 4. Suffering from other chronic pain or a history of head trauma and loss of consciousness; 5. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or other leg-related pain conditions.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC);	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The Visual Analog Scale (VAS);NIH PROMIS Pain Interference Questionnaire (NIH PROMIS);Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S);36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36);The Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS);Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS);	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactGuo Guangxin

Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

0000006273@shutcm.edu.cn+86 18621831323

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026