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Clinical study on the effect of knee joint bone mineral density on the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with kidney tonifying herbs

Phase 4
Recruiting
Conditions
Knee osteoarthritis
Registration Number
ITMCTR2100004401
Lead Sponsor
Baoshan District Hospital of integrated traditional Chinese and Western Medicine (Baoshan hospital)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

The diagnostic criteria of OA in knee osteoarthritis:
1. Repeated knee pain in the past month;
2. X-ray films (standing or weight-bearing position) showed narrowing of joint space, subchondral osteosclerosis and / or cystic change, and osteophyte formation at the joint margin;
3. Aged >= 50 years;
4. Morning stiffness <= 30 minutes;
5. There is bone rub fricative sound (feeling) when moving.
General criteria:
1. Aged >= 50 years old;
2. Gender: male and female randomly;
3. Duration of knee osteoarthritis: 1-12 months.
X-ray grading standard of knee arthritis: Kellgren Lawrence grade II, III. Pain degree standard: VAS pain score 4-7.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Completed with bone tumor, rheumatoid, tuberculosis, suppuration and intra-articular fracture in acute stage;
2. Patients with congenital deformity of knee joint;
3. Patients with pedestrian knee arthroplasty;
4. Patients with severe coronary heart disease, hypertension, tumor, stroke, dementia and other diseases and various Senile Osteoarthritis, which affect the judgment;
5. Secondary osteoporosis caused by drugs or other diseases (such as hyperthyroidism, nephritis, diabetes, suppurative myelitis, etc.); psychotic patients and uncooperative persons.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
WOMAC scale for knee joint function;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
VAS pain score;
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