Osteopuncture for Osteoarthritis-Associated Knee Pain & Disability

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and duration of treatment response of periosteal electro-acupuncture (osteopuncture) for osteoarthritis (OA)-associated chronic knee pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00417313

Run by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

People needed

88

Starts

2004-10-01

Expected to finish

2006-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-01-01

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Radiographic evidence of knee OA on a standing AP X-ray
• Bilateral knee pain for at least 3 months with pain of at least moderate intensity every day or almost every day

You may not qualify if…

• Non-ambulatory, or severely impaired mobility (i.e., require the use of a walker)
• Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination score of less than 24
• Severe visual or hearing impairment
• Knee pain due to factors other than OA, e.g. rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis, gout, pseudogout, metastatic cancer
• Significant pain in parts of the body other than the knee or acute knee pain
• A large knee effusion or severe mechanical instability of the knee
• History of corticosteroid injection in the affected knee(s) during the preceding 3 months
• History of hyaluronic acid injection in the affected knee(s) during the preceding 3 months
• Acute or terminal illness
• Immune suppression
• Anticoagulation therapy
• Presence of a pacemaker
• Prior acupuncture treatment

Where it is running

• Pain Evaluattion and Treatment Institute, Research Department — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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