Fire Needling Therapy of Different Frequencies versus External Diclofenac Diethylamine Emulgel for Knee Osteoarthritis: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Mi-Na WangXiaobai XuBingcong ZhaoLu LiuLuo-Peng ZhaoFan ZhangXu JiFang YuanQiuyu XiaShaosong WangWei TianLinpeng WangBin LiPublished in: Journal of pain research (2023)
This is the first standardized protocol comparing fire needling therapy and positive control drugs. This trial may provide reliable evidence for the effectiveness of fire needling therapy and dose-effect property of it in KOA. Trial registration: The trial has been registered on Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Registered number: ChiCTR2100043041), registered on 4 February 2021.