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Effect of acupuncture MTrPs on older patients with knee osteoarthritis

Effect of acupuncture MTrPs on older patients with knee osteoarthritis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2100004378
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-02-04
Start date
2021-02-18
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Knee osteoarthritis

Interventions

Sponsors

Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Meet the disease diagnostic criteria in this study;? ? (2) Aged >= 50 years;? (3) Kellgren - Lawrence (standard radiology) score at least II level; (4) No surgical treatment of knee arthritis was performed in the first 3 months; (5) Patients who had not received acupuncture and moxibustion treatment in the previous month were included;? (6) Sign informed consent voluntarily.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with severe knee malformation (severe reduction or even disappearance of the knee space or osteorigidity due to the formation of osteobridge connections between the joints), acute trauma, and infectious inflammation of the knee joint.? ? (2) Patients with rheumatic immune diseases and metabolic diseases, such as gout, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, etc. (3) Patients with severe primary diseases of the heart, brain, liver, kidney and blood system, and psychosis.? (4) Patients with hemorrhagic diseases or clotting dysfunction; (5) Pregnancy and lactation.? ? (6) Poor compliance, do not actively coopera.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
HADS;Morphological changes of MTRPs;Heart rate variation;TUG;PSQI;the thickness of fascial under ultrasund;Numeric Rating scale;SF-36;KOOS;Range of motition;MMT;Y balance;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYongjun Zheng

Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University

18263832683@163.com+86 18817865086

Outcome results

None listed

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