Effectiveness and feasibility of acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Lu-Lu LinYong-Ting LiJian-Feng TuJing-Wen YangNing SunShuai ZhangTian-Qi WangGuang-Xia ShiYi DuJing-Jie ZhaoDa-Chang XiongHai-Kun HouCun-Zhi Liu

Published in: Clinical rehabilitation (2018)

It showed that three sessions per week acupuncture intervention of knee osteoarthritis was feasible and safe. No difference was observed between groups due to small sample size. Larger (sample size ⩾ 296) randomized controlled trials of this intervention appear justified.

Keyphrases

knee osteoarthritis
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
systematic review
open label
meta analyses
double blind
placebo controlled