Status:

UNKNOWN

Electro-acupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis

Lead Sponsor:

Ping Zhou

Conditions:

Knee Osteoarthritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

45-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases in clinic. It usually occurs in middle-aged people, especially women. An estimated lifetime risk for KOA is approximately 4...

Detailed Description

Patients will be randomly allocated to one of two groups. In the 24-session treatments group (group A), patients will receive EA 3 sessions per week for 8 weeks. The EA stimulation lasted for 30 minut...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 45-75 years old, male or female;
  • Single / bilateral knee pain, duration of more than 6 months;
  • KL (Kellgren-Lawrence) grade Ⅱ or Ⅲ in recent 6 months;
  • NRS ≥ 40mm;
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion

  • Surgery history of knee or waiting for surgery (knee replacement or knee arthroscopy);
  • Knee pain caused by other diseases (such as joint bodies, severe effusion of joint cavity, infection, malignant tumors, autoimmune diseases, trauma, etc.);
  • History of arthroscopy within 1 year or intra-articular injection within 4 months;
  • History of receiving acupuncture treatment within 3 months;
  • Severe acute/chronic organic or mental diseases;
  • Pregnant women, pregnant and lactating women;
  • Coagulation disorders (such as hemophilia, etc.);
  • Participation in another clinical study in the past 3 months;
  • With a cardiac pacemaker, metal allergy or needle phobia.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 25 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03359603

Start Date

December 25 2017

End Date

June 30 2018

Last Update

December 28 2017

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Beijing Hostipal of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Capital medical University

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100000