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Observation on the Clinical Efficacy of Electroacupuncture Combined with Gradient Pulse-Type Infrared Therapeutic Instrument in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Observation on the Clinical Efficacy of Black Infrared Therapy Instrument in Improving Knee Osteoarthritis

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2025001575
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-08-19
Start date
2025-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

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Conditions

Knee osteoarthritis

Interventions

Observation group:Electroacupuncture Combined with Gradient Pulse-Type Infrared Therapeutic Instrument
Control group:Electroacupunture

Sponsors

Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 There is no gender restriction. The following diagnostic criteria must be met: Refer to "Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoarthritis (2024 Edition)". Meeting any one to five of the following criteria or simultaneously meeting the first and sixth criteria can diagnose early knee osteoarthritis. a) Age = 40 years old b) Repeated knee joint pain for more than 1 month; c) Joint stiffness = 30 minutes; pain when squatting and standing up; pain when going up and down stairs; d) Bone friction sounds (feels) or joint space tenderness during activity; e) X-ray shows no obvious changes in the joint or there may be bone spurs and suspected narrowing of the joint space; f) MRI shows localized or diffuse cartilage damage (the range of subchondral bone marrow edema in any area = 75% or any range = 25%); 2 Conscious and alert, with no cognitive impairment, and voluntarily participating in this study and signing the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Combined dysfunction of organs such as heart liver lungs and kidneys; 2) Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis infectious knee arthritis gouty arthritis and chronic soft tissue strain through CT or MRI; 3) Having blood disorders or a tendency to bleed; 4) Caused by limb dysfunction due to other diseases; 5) Poor compliance or incomplete data; 6) Participating in other clinical studies.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Knee injury and osteoarthritis scoreKOOS;—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The cartilage morphology score and bone marrow edema score in the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (WORMS);—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactWeidong Shen

Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

shenweidong@163.com13391019193

Outcome results

None listed

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