Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA), an Adjunct Treatment During Sodium Hyaluronate Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Prospective Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Visual Analog Scale
研究概览
简要总结
The study evaluates pain relief and subsequent range of motion changes combining battlefield acupuncture with sodium hyaluronate vs local anesthetic and sodium hyaluronate
详细描述
Sodium hyaluronate is FDA approved for knee osteoarthritis. It is a widely used treatment for this condition. This does provide immediate pain relief and is often used in conjunction with lidocaine and ropivacaine to both improve pain relief and treatment tolerance.
battlefield acupuncture has been showing promise as an adjunct pain relief treatment option. If used during intra articular visco supplementation knee injections, this may provide pain relief and positive changes in range of motion without the need of local anesthetic being injected into the joint space.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Patients of the BAMC Orthopaedic clinic
- •Active duty, dependent and civilians
- •Ages 18-65
- •Diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis by their Orthopaedic provider
- •Determined to be eligible for Sodium Hyaluronate injections by their Orthopaedic provider
排除标准
- •Patient without knee osteoarthritis diagnosis
- •Patient requiring immediate surgery for their knee complaints
- •Patients younger than 18 or older than 65
- •Pregnant patients
- •Patients without active pain
- •Patients with history of knee arthroplasty
- •Patients with auricular deformity which would affect BFA
- •Patient with history of vasovagal secondary to needles or injections
- •Patients with active infection at BFA treatment sites
研究组 & 干预措施
BFA with Eufflexa injections
BFA treatment before Sodium Hyaluronate injections.
Intervention: BFA
干预措施: Battlefield Acupuncture (Other)
Anesthetic with Eufflexa injections
Receiving Standard of care determined by their provider
No interventions
结局指标
主要结局
Visual Analog Scale
时间窗: 4 months
Pain Scale. zero to 100 mm line. point on line if severity of pain. Zero no pain, 100 worst pain imaginable.
次要结局
- Numerical Rating Scale(4 months)
- KOOS(4 months)
- KOOS Physical function short form(4 months)
研究者
Christopher Gomez
Orthopaedic PA Resident
Brooke Army Medical Center