Efficacy and safety of thread embedding acupuncture on knee osteoarthritis: A randomized, controlled, pilot clinical trial
- 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 : 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.
? 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
Name Time Method ? VAS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ? Short form McGill pain questionnaire(SF-MPQ) ? Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(WOMAC)