Effect of electric moxibustion on pain,function and ultrasonic indexes in KOA patients
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2200006149
- Lead Sponsor
- Hwa Mei Hospital,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
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.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method WOMAC;synovial thickness and effusion depth;VSA;taken of druges;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method