knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
The acupotomy group:Acupotomology intervention
The comfort acupotomy group:comfort acupotomy
The acupotomy group\The acupotomy group:Diclofenac Diethylamine Emulgel
Sponsors
School of Acupuncture and Massage, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ? Meet the diagnostic standards of Western medicine; ? Imaging conforms to Kellgren-Lawrence grades III-IV; ? It belongs to medial compartment knee osteoarthritis, pain in the medial knee, narrowing of the medial compartment, and the imaging manifestations of the affected knee joint meet the standards of knee varus (tibiofemoral angle > 175 °); ? VAS = 4 points; ? BMI < 30; ? Those aged 40-70; ? The subjects have no experience in knee acupuncture treatment and can receive acupuncture treatment; ? Subjects who signed an informed consent form, voluntarily participated in this study, had good compliance, and did not withdraw midway.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ? Osteoarthritis caused by rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, hemophiliac arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, osteomyelitis, bone tumor and bone tuberculosis, as well as lateral compartment type, patellar type, total articular knee osteoarthritis; ? Other diseases that may affect knee osteoarthritis, such as psoriasis, acute trauma, syphilis, diabetes, etc.; ? Lower extremity pain or dysfunction caused by non-knee diseases; ? Subjects who are not suitable for acupuncture, such as skin damage, ulceration, local infection, history or clinical manifestations of bleeding tendency (including those currently using anticoagulants); ? Pregnant or breastfeeding subjects; ? Mental, intellectual disabilities, etc., subjects who are difficult to cooperate with treatment; ? Those with impaired heart, liver, kidney and respiratory functions or other serious diseases of various systems; ? Those who are allergic to isopropanol, propylene glycol or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. ? Observers who have received other related treatments that may affect the effect indicators of this study;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Joint range of motion;Visual Analogue Scale;The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Soft tissue tension;myodynamia;Force;surface electromyogram signal;The lower limb skin temperature;pressing pain; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWang Rongguo
Outcome results
None listed