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Acupuncture for Pain and Sleep Disturbance in Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00694447 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-11-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The hypotheses of this study are: In the older population with knee OA,

* When acupoints are chosen for both sleep and pain, there are additive effects on sleep improvement and pain relief (i.e. no interaction).
* Main effects of acupuncture on sleep improvement and pain relief are anticipated when acupoints are separately targeted for sleep and for pain, respectively.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The John A. Hartford Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wei Huang, MD, PhD · Emory University

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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