knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Control group:treat by mecobalamin
Acupuncture group:treat by acupuncture
Sponsors
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ? meeting the Western medical diagnostic criteria for knee osteoarthritis, ? meeting the Western medical diagnostic criteria for primary total knee arthroplasty, ? age of the patient was =50 years, ? body mass index (BMI) was =30, ? the surgical approach used was the anterior midline incision of the knee joint, ? presence of postoperative numbness of the skin around the surgical site, and ? signing of informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ?patients who underwent secondary knee replacement surgery, ?patients who had pre-existing numbness in the knee joint area, ?patients with peripheral nerve diseases or skin diseases, ?patients who experienced non-normal healing such as wound effusion or infection after surgery, and ?patients with type I or type II diabetes
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| area of numbness around the knee joint; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| knee range of motion (ROM);hospital for special surgery score (HSS) of knee joint;VAS score of satisfaction; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYongming Huang
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed