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Efficacy and safety of thread embedding acupuncture on knee osteoarthritis: A randomized, controlled, pilot clinical trial

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Diseases of the musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue
Registration Number
KCT0004844
Lead Sponsor
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

? Inclusion criteria : Participants must meet the following
criteria for inclusion in the study:
(1) Age 50 years and above
(2) Those who have morning stiffness to last less than 30 minutes
(3) Applicable for VAS 4-7
(4) Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2-3 on knee X-ray.
(5) Those who have knee pain to last at least 3 months.
(6) Voluntary participants only.

Exclusion Criteria

? Participants will be excluded from
the study if they meet any of the following criteria:
(1) Those who had previous knee surgery for knee OA or other injuries
(2) Those who had previous intraarticular injection(steroid or hyaluronic
acid) or prolotherapy within last three months.
(3) Those with serious psychiatric problems.
(4) Those who need steroid or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication to treat other diseases.
(5) Those who have allergic skin disease, skin ulcer, skin infection.
(6) Those who have diabetes with injection of insulin
(7) Those who have uses of anticoagulant medication to treat other diseases.
(8) Those with figures of more than 3 times on liver function test(SGOT, SGPT).
(9) Those who had any abnormal findings on renal function test
(10) Those who are deemed ineligible for the study by the recruiting physician in charge

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
? VAS
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
? Short form McGill pain questionnaire(SF-MPQ) ? Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(WOMAC)
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