[PDF] Top 20 Acupuncture for pain and osteoarthritis of the knee: a pilot study for an open parallel arm randomised controlled trial

... a trial over twelve months would help answer this question, as well as provide more robust data on cost- effectiveness, which would help reduce the dearth of UK related data as reported by NICE[1] To this end we ... See full document

... have knee OA diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology classification cri- teria (with at least one osteophyte in the tibiofemoral joint and with a Kellgren-Lawrence grade of more than 2), who ... See full document

... This study will provide further high-quality clinical evidence on the safety of ...planned study has the potential to demonstrate that FA is a novel, practical, and effective treatment for ...alleviating ... See full document

... or pain) along the meridian sinews near the knee(s) will be punctured through the skin by using sterile needles with a size of ...the pain and the me- ridian ...inducing pain. Five to eight ... See full document

... by Acupuncture In Medicine, with a total of 24 ...the Osteoarthritis And Cartilage with the highest IF is a professional journal in this fi eld, with an IF of ...of acupuncture therapy on 4 chronic ... See full document

... chronic knee pain have been recruited from metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, ...history study but were then covertly randomised into one of four treatment ...laser ... See full document

... the pain by elim- inating the obstruction to the flow of Qi. Similar to pain, De Qi is also a subjective sensation, and it is affected by complicated factors such as emotion and cognition, which makes the ... See full document

... If pain occurs in the anterior aspect of the affected knee joint, the pa- tient has yangming meridian ...If pain occurs in the medial aspect of the af- fected knee joint, the patient has ... See full document

... The acupuncture protocol (see Additional file 4) following a westernised approach [27] was based on one used by a GP clinic [26] and approved by tutors of the British Medical Acupuncture ...worse ... See full document

... The study is a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial of Maastricht University Medical Centre+, the ...criteria: knee pain of four to seven on a ... See full document

... on-going study is a two parallel arm, assessor-blinded, randomised controlled ...auricular acupuncture group will receive auricular acupuncture treatment two times per ... See full document

... The study is designed as a randomised controlled pilot trial with three arms and partial double ...needle acupuncture, (b) no treatment and (c) press plaster acupressure in a ... See full document

... clinical trial performed to evaluate the potential efficacy of DSGOST in the Korean ...placebo-controlled trial with participant and investiga- tor blinding, we will examine the feasibility of a full ... See full document

... chronic pain (the knee) relative to other ...heat pain threshold by 1.29°C (95% CrI = [–0.36, 2.94]) in the arm and ...heat pain threshold, heat pain tolerance, punctuate ... See full document

... Cortical excitability will be assessed using a Magstim BiStim stimulator (Magstim Co. Ltd, Dyfed, UK). The quadriceps area corresponding to the painful knee and the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) will be ... See full document

... professional development. The decision to provide 20 lessons was based on a.) the experience of the ATEAM trial [13], which offered either 6 or 24 lessons and b.) from our consultation with Alexander Technique ... See full document

... This study is funded by a grant from the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation, although they have not and will not be involved in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, or the ... See full document

... in pain measured using the WOMAC osteoarthritis index has been determined to be about 10 % of the scale maximum, or a total difference of 5 points on the WOMAC pain numerical rating scale (range 0 to ... See full document

... The study is conducted at Walukuba Health Centre IV in Walukuba subcounty, Jinja district, in eastern ...37 Study participants are recruited from children attending the Health Centre IV with sus- pected ... See full document

... a trial of a brief psychological intervention found that non attendance for assessment was ...or acupuncture interventions on the pilot ...the acupuncture and counselling groups amounted to ... See full document