knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
real acupuncture and sham joint dislocation group:real acupuncture+sham joint dislocation
real acupuncture and joint dislocation group:acupuncture+joint dislocation
sham acupuncture and joint dislocation group:sham acupuncture+joint dislocation
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients who meet the diagnostic criteria for knee osteoarthritis and have the chief complaints of pain and joint movement disorders are taken as the observation objects; 2.Have a history of knee joint pain for 3 months or more; 3. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score is = 3 points at the time of inclusion; 4.The age ranges from 40 to 80 years old; 5.Have not received acupuncture and tuina treatment within the past 1 month.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Exclude patients with pain caused by infectious, malignant, and autoimmune diseases of the knee joint, as well as congenital knee joint deformities; 2. Those with severe heart, liver, kidney, cerebrovascular, tumor diseases, etc., and whom the researchers consider unsuitable for participating in this study; 3.Patients who are weak due to prolonged illness, those with severe neurosis, dementia, pregnant or lactating women; 4. Those with a bleeding tendency such as leukemia and thrombocytopenia; 5. Those with severe or systemic skin diseases; 6. Those who have taken non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs within 48 hours before the treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of the Structure and Function of the Knee Joint (The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index WOMAC); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measurement of Range of Motion;MRI examination;Inflammatory Factor Detection;CT examination; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJuan Tong
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Outcome results
None listed