knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
control group:Local Acupuncture for the Knee Joint
experimental group:Local Acupuncture for the Knee Joint + Tousanshen Acupoint
Sponsors
Dongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ? Meet the western medical diagnostic criteria for knee osteoarthritis; ? Unilateral/bilateral knee pain with a disease duration of more than half a year; ? Patients aged 40 to 75 years; ? Radiological examination within 6 months shows KL grading ?-?; ? NRS score =4 in the past week; ? All patients volunteered to participate in this clinical study and signed an informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ?Those who have serious abnormal reaction to acupuncture stimulation (e.g., fainting from needles, allergy to needles, etc.) and cannot adhere to acupuncture; ? Patients who have been taking long-term medications such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), glucocorticosteroids, or painkillers that may affect the efficacy of the treatment; ? Those who have a history of knee surgery or are waiting for knee surgery (knee replacement or knee arthroscopy); ? Knee pain caused by other diseases (e.g. joint free body, serious fluid accumulation in the joint cavity, infection, malignant tumour, autoimmune disease, trauma, fracture, gout, lumbosacral spine disease, etc.); ? Serious cardiac, hepatic, renal and coagulation abnormalities; ? Pregnant and breastfeeding women; ? Combined mental illnesses who cannot cooperate with the treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Numerical Rating Scale;Western Ontario and MCMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-Rating Anxiety Scale;3-level version of Euro Qol five-dimension questionnaire;Disappearance rate of major symptoms; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYuan Li;Hua Li
Dongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed