New smokeless moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: A study protocol for a multicenter, single-blind, randomized controlled trial.

Lusheng ChenXiumei RenFengxing LiHaiping DengGuanghong DingWei YaoLing ZhaoXue-Yong Shen

Published in: Medicine (2022)

This randomized single-blind controlled trial takes traditional moxibustion as the control group to provide strict evidence for the clinical efficacy and safety of herbal activated carbon smokeless moxibustion in the treatment of KOA.

Keyphrases

knee osteoarthritis
double blind
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
open label
placebo controlled
clinical trial
phase iii
systematic review
combination therapy
replacement therapy
smoking cessation