A prospective cohort study of heat-sensitive moxibustion in reducing the outcome of joint replacement in patients with knee osteoarthritis
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2000003325
- Lead Sponsor
- The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
All of the following items can be included in this test:
1. Patients who meet the western medicine diagnosis standard of knee osteoarthritis;
2. Prepare patients for knee replacement;
3. The score of clinical symptom is severe;
4. Aged 40-70 years, male and female unlimited.
5. Patients who are willing to accept the treatment methods specified in this project;
6. There is acupoint heat sensitivity in the knee joint area (in the area composed of yinlingquan Yanglingquan Liangqiu Xuehai points).
Those with one of the following items shall not be included in the test:
1. Pregnant or lactating women;
2. The patients with primary diseases such as cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system and other serious life-threatening psychosis;
3. Patients who are in critical condition and are difficult to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment;
4. Patients who fail to receive or complete treatment according to regulations for some reason and cannot judge the curative effect or incomplete data;
5. Patients with acute knee trauma and local skin rupture.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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