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Psychological and Neural Mechanisms of Specific and Non-Specific Effects of Acupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis

Psychological and Neural Mechanisms of Specific and Non-Specific Effects of Acupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR1900002583
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-09-09
Start date
2019-09-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-20

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Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Sponsors

School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 45-65 years, male or female; 2. Knee pain more than 6 months; 3. KL (Kellgren-Lawrence) grade II or III in recent 12 months; 4. NRS >= 4 in the past one week; 5. Right handedness; 6. Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Surgery history of knee or waiting for surgery (knee replacement or knee arthroscopy); 2. History of arthroscopy within 1 year or intra-articular injection within 6 months; 3. Knee pain caused by other diseases (such as joint bodies, severe effusion of joint cavity, infection, malignant tumors, autoimmune diseases, trauma, etc.); 4. Severe acute/chronic organic or mental diseases; 5. Coagulation disorders (such as hemophilia, etc.); 6. Pregnant women, pregnant and lactating women; 7. Claustrophobia or with a cardiac pacemaker, metal products and other contraindicated by MRI examinations; 8. Severe skull anatomical asymmetry or definite lesions were found in magnetic resonance scanning; 9. History of receiving acupuncture or massage treatment within 1 months; 10. Allergy to needles and alcohol, or fear acupuncture needles; 11. Participation in another clinical study in the past 3 months;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Stanford Expectations of Treatment Scale;Brain Functional Activity;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Numerical Rating Scale; Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index;Blind evaluation;Oxytocin; Number of people taking rescue medications ;Trait Meta-Mood Scale;Adverse events about acupuncture;Mindful Attention Awareness Scale;McGill pain questionnaire- sensory;Big Five Personality ;Gene polymorphism;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactCunzhi Liu

School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

lcz623780@126.com+86 010-53912201

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ITMCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026