Status:
COMPLETED
Electromoxibustion and Knee Health Education for Knee Osteoarthritis in Older Adults
Lead Sponsor:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Conditions:
Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a randomized controlled trial comparing the short-term effect of electromoxibustion and knee health education for relieving knee pain in older adults with knee osteoarthritis.
Detailed Description
Objective: This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will preliminary examine the effects of an electromoxibustion device and knee health education on reliving knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain. Metho...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ethnic Chinese;
- aged 60 years or above;
- ability to comprehend Chinese;
- fulfilling any 3 of the following criteria: i. morning stiffness \</= 30 min; ii. crepitus on active joint motion; iii. bone tenderness; iv. bone enlargement; or v. no palpable joint warmth (This classification yielded 84% sensitivity and 89% specificity for OA knee diagnosis (Altman et al., 1986);
- having knee pain for at least 3 months;
- Knee pain ≥4 on a Likert pain scale from 1-10; and
- willing to provide informed consent.
Exclusion
- medical diagnoses or conditions that preclude individuals from active participation (e.g. dementia, post-stroke syndrome, alcohol or drug abuse);
- knee pain related to other conditions (cancer, fracture, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism) as screened according to the red flags for further investigation or referral in the National Clinical Guideline Centre 2014 Guidelines for Osteoarthritis of the knee (National Clinical Guideline Centre, 2014);
- presence of skin lesions or infections at the treatment sites;
- ever had knee replacement surgery or knee joint implant; and
- ever received moxibustion, electromoxibustion or steroid injection for knee pain over the past 6 months; Further investigation or referral, either at the screening or during the study, will be made when necessary.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 20 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04034394
Start Date
September 20 2019
End Date
March 30 2020
Last Update
April 15 2024
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Wing Fai YEUNG
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 000000