knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Healthy group:none
Sponsors
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: KOA group: 1. Meet the clinical criteria of American College of Rheumatology for knee osteoarthritis; 2. Age 45-75 years old; 3. Unilateral/bilateral knee pain for more than 6 months; 4. X-ray examination within six months showed that the Kellgren-Lawrence classification was grade II or above; 5. Average pain Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) higher than 4 points within 7 days; 6. Participants voluntarily signed the informed consent. Healthy group: 1. No knee pain in the past year; 2. Age 45-75 years old; 3. Participants voluntarily signed the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Those with a history of knee surgery; 2. Knee pain caused by other diseases (such as joint loose bodies, severe effusion in the joint cavity, infection, malignant tumor, autoimmune disease, trauma, fracture, gout, lumbosacral disease, etc.); 3. Those with severe acute or chronic organic or psychoneurological diseases (such as epilepsy, severe anxiety/depression, etc.); 4. Those who have received acupuncture, pain relief (acetaminophen, tramadol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, etc.) or nutritional cartilage (glucosamine, etc.) within the past 2 weeks; 5. Patients with varicose veins, deep vein thrombosis, skin inflammation, allergic reactions or other factors affecting the skin temperature distribution in the lower extremities;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The temperature of the acupoints of the lower limbs of the subjects; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactBao-Hong Mi
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed