Knee Osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Non exposed group:Routine treatment with needle knife. Advise participants to rest, avoid hiking, keep warm, and engage in moderate joint function exercise.
Exposure group:(2) Exposure group: On the basis of the non exposure group, acupuncture and knife treatment was performed by selecting acupoints based on syndrome differentiation and positioning.
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Refer to the diagnostic criteria for osteoarthritis of the knee in the Osteoarthritis Guidelines (2021): (1) Recurrent pain in the affected knee within the last 1 month; (2) X-rays in the standing or weight-bearing position show narrowing of the joint space, sclerosis and/or cystic degeneration of the subchondral bone, and formation of a bone capsule at the edge of the joint; (3) Age =50 years; (4) Morning stiffness =30 min. (5) Bone rubbing sound or (and) bone rubbing sensation when the affected knee joint is flexed or extended; (6) Swelling of the affected knee joint; (7) The affected knee joint is painful, vague or distended; The diagnosis of the disease can be established by the fulfillment of (1), (6), (7), and any two of (2), (3), (4), and (5).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ? Patients with coagulation dysfunction who cannot undergo needle knife treatment; ? Individuals with epilepsy, consciousness disorders, severe mental illness, and cognitive impairment; ? Those who cannot cooperate with treatment or efficacy evaluation; ? Individuals with severe heart, liver, kidney and other systemic diseases; ? Pregnant or lactating women, those who have tested positive for pregnancy or are yet to be determined; ? Patients with concomitant infectious diseases; ? There are researchers who believe that this trial will bring significant harm to patients; ? Those who have been participating in or have participated in other trials for less than 3 months; ? Patients with a large amount of joint cavity effusion.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| JOA Score;VAS scores;western Ontario and McMasteruniversity osteoarthritisindex;ESR;CRP;IL-1; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLi ZhaoFu
Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed