Musculoskeletal Diseases: Knee osteoarthritis Musculoskeletal Diseases Knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Open pilot study looking at patients who have osteoarthritis of their knee and whose pain is not well-controlled on conventional treatment. The patients would be asked to take part for a period of 5 w
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: This is a pilot study - the size of any effect not known. Volunteers will be recruited from the rheumatology outpatients clinics at Selly Oak Hospital. We anticipate about 10 patients per group will be sufficient to enable a power calculation to be made. They must have osteoarthritis of the knee, and find that their pain is not well controlled by conventional medicine. They must be over 18 years of age.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded if they have any of the following: rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis of the hip, patients with pacemakers fitted, patients with known metal allergies, patients with an history of prosthetic or damaged valves, patients with hemophilia, patients taking an anticoagulant or oral corticosteroid, patients suffering with dementia or other psychiatric disease, patients with Grade I or IV on the Kellgren & Lawrence scale, patients with uncontrolled diabetes and patients with a skin disease likely to affect the use of the acupuncture needles.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patients Global Assessment of Efficacy 2. Investigator Global Assessment of Efficacy 3. 100m Visual Analogue Scale for Pain Assessment 4. WOMAC Index 5. Kellgren & Lawrence Scale for radiological assessment of osteoarthritis | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed