Clinical observation of dry acupuncture combined with glucocorticoid injection in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis

Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University0 个研究点开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2023年2月20日

适应症

试验速览

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•1.It meets the diagnostic criteria of knee osteoarthritis;
•2.Radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis assessed as Kellgren–Lawrence grade 1 (doubtful narrowing, possible osteophytic lipping) to grade 4 (highest Kellgren–Lawrence grade, indicating large osteophytes and marked narrowing of joint space;
•3.Palpation of one or more active or potential trigger point in the skeletal muscles of one lower extremity;
•4.Be 38 years of age or older.

•1.Have received glucocorticoid injections in the past 1 year;
•2.Has rheumatoid arthritis or similar rheumatoid diseases in the present or past;
•3.Present or past gout or false knee gout;
•4.An active infection of the knee within the past year;
•5.Other physical conditions that are more limited or painful than knee osteoarthritis in activities such as sitting, standing, walking, or climbing stairs;
•6.The state of being pregnant or ready to be pregnant;
•7.There are contraindications to corticosteroid injection.

发起方

Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University