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Efficacy of Tuina in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Phase 1
Conditions
Knee osteoarthritis
Registration Number
ITMCTR2100005298
Lead Sponsor
Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

1.meet the diagnostic criteria for KOA set by the Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis in 2018, including retropatellar, medial or lateral KOA, etc., with no traumatic aetiology;
2.are aged between 40 and 70 years, and right-handed;
3.have not taken any pain-killing medicine within 1 month;
4.have not received any Tuina treatment within 1 month;
5.have had at least 3 months of knee-pain duration;
6.have an average score of knee pain on VAS >3 (range from 0 to 10) in the past 2 weeks;
7.have I–II degree knee-joint radiological change on the Kellgren-Lawrence scale;
8.have signed an informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1.are alcohol or drug abusers or are taking other medications;
2.are pregnant or lactating women;
3.are suffering from psychiatric, neurological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, infectious, immunological, respiratory or renal illnesses;
4.are suffering from any other chronic pain condition or have a history of head trauma with loss of consciousness;
5.are diagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis or other leg-related pain disorders.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC);
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient Global Impression of Severity (PGI-S);36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36);The Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS);NIH PROMIS Pain Interference Questionnaire (NIH PROMIS);The Visual Analog Scale (VAS);Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS);
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