Knee Osteoarthritis,
Conditions
Interventions
treatment group:fire dragon cupping (Huo-Long-Guan)
Waiting group:No treatment was given during the study period and the same treatment was given after the study
Sponsors
Qujing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age 50-70 gender unlimited; (2) Patients with unilateral KOA who meet the above Western diagnostic criteria have K-L grades 0-III; (3) According to the treatment plan can basically understand the research content cooperate with the clinical observation and follow-up of researchers and have good compliance; (4) The patient agrees to accept the treatment plan of this study and signs the informed consent which is subject to the study arranger.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding; (2) Previous knee surgery history there are steel nails metal in the knee; (3) Patients with obvious deformity of knee joint; (4) long-term use of hormones or patients with metabolic bone disease; (5) Suspected or confirmed bone and joint tuberculosis or tumor patients; (6) Patients with severe cardiovascular respiratory brain liver kidney digestive system and mental diseases; (7) Allergic to moxa sticks or drugs with known ingredients used in the study; (8) Patients with skin rupture bleeding wounds; (9) Patients with osteoarthritis severe joint pain (VAS score =7) or joint swelling and skin temperature rise were still in the active stage.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| WOMAC;effectiveness; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Serum NF-?B-related factor levels;Musculoskeletal ultrasound score;Lequesne;VAS; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactChen Yanbei
Qujing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed