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Periosteal Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT00865046 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 190

Last updated 2015-01-26

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Summary

185 veterans with chronic knee pain and advanced knee osteoarthritis will be recruited to participate in this study designed to test the effectiveness of a special type of electrical acupuncture called periosteal stimulation (PST). Participants will be divided into three groups. They will receive PST or a control condition once a week for 10 weeks. Two-thirds of the participants will receive booster sessions periodically over the course of the next 6 months. Everyone will be called monthly during the 6 month period and then will be asked to return for an evaluation on site at the end of this period.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

OTHER

Periosteal stimulation

Four acupuncture needles are placed around the knee to the level of the periosteum and two needles are placed pretibially in the soft tissue. All needles are stimulated with 100 Hz current. The stimulation of the needles in the soft tissue is discontinued after one minute.

OTHER

Control-Periosteal Stimulation

Acupuncture needles are placed as per the PST intervention, but only the soft tissue needles receive electrical stimulation for one minute.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Debra K. Weiner, MD · Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United States

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