Knee Osteoarthrisis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for KOA in the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoarthritis (2018 Edition); 2. Inclusion of patients with anteromedial pain in one knee; 3. Gender is not limited, age greater than 18 years old, numerical rating scale >=3 points; 4. Able to complete the whole process of research and voluntarily sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have experienced adverse reactions to acupuncture (such as needle sickness), or those who are allergic to metals; 2. Patients with serious cardiovascular, brain, liver, kidney or hematopoietic diseases, abnormal coagulation function, infectious diseases, malignant tumors; 3. There are contraindications to corticosteroid injection and dry needling; 4. Those with other diseases that may affect the knee joint (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, etc.); 5. Those who have local skin conditions that are not suitable for acupuncture (such as ulceration, rash, infection, etc.); 6. Are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breastfeeding; 7. Those who have poor compliance or are in serious condition and cannot complete the study, or who have taken psychotropic drugs for a long time and cannot truly reflect the status of the trial; 8. Patients with bursitis on MRI; 9. Patients who have failed to respond to standardized non-surgical treatment, patients with recurrent or even progressive aggravation of knee joint swelling and pain, obvious limitation of joint function or grade IV in Kellgren-Lawrence radiological diagnostic grading criteria meet the indications for surgery; 10. History of acupuncture, intra-articular injection or surgery on either part of the lower limb in the past 6 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Numeric rating scale scores; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Western Ontario University and McMaster University Arthritis Index;Concise McGill Pain Score;Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index;Hamilton Anxiety Scale score;Range of motion;Remedial medication dosage;Adverse reaction incidence rate; | — |
Countries
china
Contacts
Affiliated Hospital ofXuzhou Medical University