knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Acupotomy group/Sham Acupotomy group:Acupotomy treatment
Sham acupotomy intervention group for knee osteoarthritis:Sham acupotomy treatment
Sponsors
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Compliance with the Guidelines for Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis (2023); (2) men or women aged 30–65 years; (3) Clinical staging of early or intermediate stage and imaging diagnosis is based on the Kellgren Lawrence classification 1 2 or 3; (4) Knee joint pain level 3 = NRS = 6; (5) Individuals who have not used medications or external treatments for knee osteoarthritis in the past month; (6) Individuals who have never been received acupotomy treatment; (7) Willingness to participate in the experiment and sign an informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Combined with serious diseases (including myocardial infarction or stroke congestive heart failure severe slow obstructive pulmonary disease liver and kidney failure and malignant tumors etc.); (2) There are local skin redness ulceration infection muscle necrosis deep tissue abscess combined with openness Sexual injury; (3) Patients with abnormal coagulation function and serious hematologic diseases; (4) Pregnant and lactating women; (5) Those who cannot tolerate acupuncture treatment due to old age frailty mental stress hunger fatigue and other reasons; (6) Knee deformity; (7)Those who suffer from rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis; (8) Those who are accompanied by mental illness and cannot cooperate; (9) Patients who participate in other clinical studies at the same time; (10) Other conditions that the investigator considers inappropriate to participate in this trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Medical Outcome Study Short-Form 12 Item Health Survey;30 s chair-stand test;Therapeutic Expectancy Scale;numerical rating scale;Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public Contactzhangbaoping
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed