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Clinical Observation on the Curative Effect of Acupuncture Knife Muscle Relaxation and Knot Release Surgery in the Treatment of Early Knee Osteoarthritis

Clinical Observation on the Curative Effect of Acupuncture Knife Muscle Relaxation and Knot Release Surgery in the Treatment of Early Knee Osteoarthritis

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2300071629
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-05-19
Start date
2023-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-08-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Early knee osteoarthritis

Interventions

experimental group:needle-knife technique for relieving knot of tendon
control group:Intraarticular injection of sodium hyaluronate

Sponsors

Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the above diagnostic criteria; 2. Pain around the knee was the main manifestation (left and right were not limited); 3. Aged 40-70 years, regardless of gender; 4. The course of disease is more than 1 year and less than 5 years; 5. Kellgren-Lawrence grade I-III, clinical stage early stage; 6. Voluntary abandonment of other drugs, physical therapy and other therapeutic means during treatment; 7. Patients who can tolerate and agree to needle knife treatment or intra-articular injection of sodium hyaluronate; 8. Those who can cooperate with the examination, insist on treatment, and cooperate with the observation of curative effect and complete follow-up; 9. Voluntary signing of the informed consent form and strict compliance with the investigator.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with KOA caused by trauma; 2. Knee joint diseases such as meniscus injury; 3. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic immune arthritis, gout and Kashin-Beck disease; 4. Patients with serious primary diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hematological system and malignant tumors; 5. Patients with acute or chronic infection of skin around knee joint; 6. Pregnant women or people allergic to sodium hyaluronate injection; 7. Serious mental illness.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Isokinetic muscle strength test;Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index Score;Visual analogue scale for pain;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWang Haidong

Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

whaidong5895@163.com+86 150 0259 1581

Outcome results

None listed

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