Knee Osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. KOA diagnosed according to the diagnostic criteria of American College of Rheumatology; 2. Moderate or less pain (VAS < 7) during most days through the past month; 3. Agreed not to take any anodyne during treatment except analgesic or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs but not hormones while suffer severe pain; 4. Willing to sign the informed consent. Patients were randomized into meridian-sinew (MS) group (63 patients) and anatomy group (61 patients), all patients were identified by Identification Scale of TCM Constitutions. Patients in the MS group received acupotomy based on the meridian-sinew theory, while patients in the anatomy group received acupotomy based on anatomy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Those who have received hormone therapy in the past 3 months; 2. Those who have received intra-articular hyaluronidase injection in the past 6 months; 3. Those who have received joint irrigation or arthroscopy in the past year; 4. Suffering from diseases that hinder the safe participation of experimental design and affect the completion of research, such as myocardial infarction or stroke, congestive heart failure, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, diabetes and other serious systemic diseases and severe mental illness in the past 3 months; 5. Physical history or clinical manifestations with bleeding tendency, including anticoagulants being used at present; 6. Patients with inflammatory arthritis (such as rheumatoid or psoriasis); 7. Participate in other researchers simultaneously; At the same time, local external treatment, such as local application treatment, etc.; 8. Those who have had knee replacement surgery; 9. Those who have participated in knee osteoarthritis trials in the past; Attending excessive fear of needle knife treatment; Unable to complete the filling of various scales; Unwilling to be randomly grouped. (Note: Patients who meet any of the above criteria are excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| WOMAC;VAS; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactDechun Chen
Daishan community health service center
Outcome results
None listed