Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese Medicine

Hwa Mei Hospital,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences0 个研究点开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2023年2月20日

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•Patients were included in our study aged 50-70 years, had been diagnosed with KOA according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria, had documented radiological alterations in the knee joint of grade 1 to 3 according to Kellgren-Lawrence criteria, and written informed consent.

•pain caused by inflammatory, malignant, or autoimmune disease;or other reasons for pain, such as serious varus or valgus deformity of the knee; or had knee surgery,arthroscopy of the affected knee in the past year;chondroprotective or intra-articular injection in the past 4 months,or physiotherapy or corticoid treatments for pain (exception of NSAIDs) during the previous 4 weeks.Additional exclusion criteria were serious acute or chronic organic disease or mental disorder, pregnancy or breastfeeding, and blood coagulation disorders. Most participants ware recruited in outpatient clinics, a few patients spontaneously contacted trial centre.All participants provided written informed consent.

发起方

Hwa Mei Hospital,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences