Integrated care in practice: Is acupuncture a useful adjunct to physiotherapy for older adults with knee pain?

Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 350 人开始时间: 2003年1月3日最近更新: 2018年2月12日

适应症

试验速览

•1. Male and female subjects aged 50 years and above
•2. Pain with or without stiffness in one or both knees
•3. Naive to acupuncture treatment (i.e., have never experienced acupuncture before for their present or any past complaints)
•4. Considered suitable for referral to physiotherapy outpatients department
•5. Able to read and write English, and to give full informed consent
•6. Willing to consent to participation
•7. Available for telephone contact; 1. Male and female subjects aged 50 years and above
•2. Pain with or without stiffness in one or both knees
•3. Naive to acupuncture treatment (i.e., have never experienced acupuncture before for their present or any past complaints)
•4. Considered suitable for referral to physiotherapy outpatients department
•5. Able to read and write English, and to give full informed consent
•6. Willing to consent to participation
•7. Available for telephone contact

•1. Potentially serious pathology (e.g. inflammatory arthritis, malignancy etc) on the basis of general practice or physiotherapy diagnosis or from past medical history
•2. Have had a knee or hip replacement on the affected side(s)
•3. Are already on a surgical waiting list for total knee replacement
•4. Trial interventions are contraindicated
•5. Have received an exercise programme, from a physiotherapist, for their knee problem within the last three months (normal recreational involvement in sport or exercise will not be an exclusion)
•6. Received an intra-articular injection to the knee in the last six months; 1. Potentially serious pathology (e.g. inflammatory arthritis, malignancy etc) on the basis of general practice or physiotherapy diagnosis or from past medical history
•2. Have had a knee or hip replacement on the affected side(s)
•3. Are already on a surgical waiting list for total knee replacement
•4. Trial interventions are contraindicated
•5. Have received an exercise programme, from a physiotherapist, for their knee problem within the last three months (normal recreational involvement in sport or exercise will not be an exclusion)
•6. Received an intra-articular injection to the knee in the last six months

发起方

Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)