knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Electroacupuncture group:The treatment group adopted the treatment mode of conventional acupuncture and moxibustion combined with electroacupuncture apparatus, and selected the points and operation me
Liang Qiu, straight stabbing 1.0 inch
Calf nose, oblique puncture 1.0 inch
Inner knee eye, oblique stab 1.0 inch
Thoroughly stabbing 1.2 inches at Zusanli
Yinling Spring Direct Sting 1.0 inch
San Yin Jiao, with a direct puncture of 1.0 inch
Taixi, piercing straight 0.5 inches. After needling, move the needle 3-5 times, use an electroacupuncture device, use a continuous wave for 5 minutes, and then change to a dense wave for 20 minutes. T
control group:The control group was treated with a specially designed round head blunt needle simulation acupuncture combined with an electroacupuncture device. The selected acupoints and operating me
Taixi, piercing straight 0.5 inches. Simulated acupuncture uses a flat headed needle without a tip, and applies a slight force to the pad attached to the acupoint to make the patient feel the needle w
Sponsors
Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Meets the Western medical diagnostic criteria for knee osteoarthritis; Patients who meet the Kellgren Lawrence grading criteria II-III in imaging; (2) Patients who meet the Lysholm swelling score; (3) Patients with a depth greater than 3mm in the anechoic zone of fluid accumulation detected by knee joint ultrasound examination; (4) Age >= 50 years old and <= 75 years old, regardless of gender; (5) Patients who have not received acupuncture treatment within three months; (6) Meets knee joint pain for at least 6 months, with a visual analogue score of knee joint pain greater than 4 points but less than or equal to 7 points within the 7 days prior to the screening period; (7) Understand and agree to participate in this study and sign an informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with severe heart, brain, liver, kidney, and lung dysfunction; (2) Patients with indications for knee joint surgery or those who have undergone joint surgery treatment; (3) Has received treatment related to knee osteoarthritis (oral analgesics, intramuscular injection, joint injection, or soft tissue injection of glucocorticoids, etc.), which may affect the efficacy indicators observed in this study; (4) Mental illness patients; (5) Patients with coagulation disorders, lower limb infections, lower limb vascular malformations, and lower limb vascular dysfunction; (6) Individuals with a history of opioid analgesics, sedatives and hypnotics, and alcohol abuse; (7) Patients with indications for pelvic surgery and those who have undergone pelvic surgery treatment; (8) Pregnant and lactating women; (9) Individuals who have participated or are currently participating in other clinical trials within the first month prior to enrollment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Western Ontario and McMaster university of orthopedic index; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale;Visual Analogue Scale;Lymph node ultrasound examination;Knee joint MRI; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaoyun Wang
Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian; Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed