knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment group :Electric needle
control group:Sham acupuncture
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for knee osteoarthritis; 2. Aged between 50 and 75; 3. The pain lasts for more than 3 months; 4.VAS pain score 24 points; 5. Received acupuncture treatment in the last 3 months; 6. Signed informed consent, compliance is good and willing to cooperate with the research.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-osteoarthritis patients with other bone diseases such as joint tuberculosis, tumor, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis of the knee joint; 2. Foot deformities and other lesions affecting normal walking; 3. Patients who have undergone intra-articular injection of drugs or knee arthroplasty in the past six months; 4 Patients with advanced clinical stage of knee osteoarthritis or severe articular cartilage destruction with imaging grade IV; 5. Women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or have a pregnancy plan within the last six months 6. Patients with typical cerebrovascular and nervous system diseases, or who are using drugs that have an impact on cognitive and brain function 7. There are other chronic pain patients; 8. Patients with contraindications to MRI scanning; 9. Have mental and mental disorders and can not cooperate with the questionnaire investigator; 10. Participants who are participating in other clinical trials that affect this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (VAS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PPT;QSTs;WOMAC ;LKS;SAS;SDS; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYuan Aihong
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed