None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) 40-75 year old male and female with knee pain for 6 months or more (2) A Kellgren-Lawrence grading scale of 1 grade or 2 grade on both knee X-ray examinations (3) If subject is taking arthritic medications, subject has not changed his/her medication within the past a month (4) Subject who agrees to participate in the study and signs the informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) A person who is arthritis due to a specific factor other than degenerative (2) Those who have a history of fractures of the lower limb within the last 3 months (3) A patient who received intra-articular injection with hyaluronic acid or steroids within 3 months of the study (4) Continuous intake of steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and health functional foods (glucosamine, MSM, green lipped mussel extract oil, etc.) that may affect joint health within the past month (5) Those who complain of severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as heartburn and indigestion (6) Alcohol abuser (7) Those who have clinically significant cardiovascular, immune, infectious, and neoplastic diseases other than arthralgia (8) Persons suspected of having liver disease, kidney disease, or blood disease (9) Persons who have experienced habitual administration of psychotropic drugs and narcotic analgesics that may affect pain sensation (10) Those who are pregnant or breastfeeding (11) Any other researcher deemed inappropriate for this test (12) Persons with food allergies to nuts, etc. (13) Those who participated in other clinical trials within 30 days
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| K-WOMAC(Korean Western ontario and McMaster Universities Questionnaire) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS(Visual Analog Scale);EQ-5D(EuroQol-5D);PGIC(Patient Global Impression of Change);Inflammation markers;Adverse event | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Cheonan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University