Knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Sponsors
Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) To meet the diagnostic criteria of knee osteoarthritis of American College of Rheumatology; (2) For most days in the past month, knee pain was at least moderate and below (VAS score 7); (3) Aged 40 to 75 years; (4) Subjects stopped taking analgesics and took related drugs only when pain was intolerable, such as analgesics or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Subjects were not allowed to take hormone drugs and agreed not to change drugs at will during the course of treatment; (5) Willing to sign informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) those who received hormone therapy in the past three months; (2) Intra-articular hyaluronidase injection in the past six months; (3) Joint irrigation or arthroscopy was performed in the past 1 year; (4) Diseases that hinder the safe participation of experimental design and affect the completion of research, such as severe systemic diseases such as myocardial infarction or stroke, congestive heart failure, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, diabetes and severe mental illness in the past three months; (5) Physical history or clinical manifestations with bleeding tendency, including the current use of anticoagulants; (6) Inflammatory arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis type). Before inclusion, the subjects will be tested for rheumatoid factor, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and anti-O, excluding the possibility of rheumatoid arthritis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS;WOMAC; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactCairong Zhang
Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed