Acupuncture of different treatment frequency in knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a pilot randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to determine whether 3 sessions per week of acupuncture treatment is superior to 1 session per week of acupuncture treatment for symptomatic outcomes in knee osteoarthritis.

Methods/design

This is a two parallel-group, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Sixty patients with knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence grade II or III) will be recruited and randomly allocated to receive 24 or 8 sessions (group M or group L) of acupuncture treatment in a 1:1 ratio. Patients in group M will receive 3 sessions per week of acupuncture for 8 weeks. Patients in group L will receive acupuncture once per week for 8 weeks. The primary outcome is the response rate-the percentage of patients achieving a decrease ≥ 2 points on a numerical rating pain scale

SUBMITTER: Lin LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625113 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature