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Cupping in Osteoarthritis of the Knee

NCT01057043 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2012-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this exploratory randomised trial is to study the effect of pulsatile cupping in osteoarthritis of the knee compared to waiting list control.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Interventions

DEVICE

Pulsatile cupping

8 sessions cupping in 4 weeks, administered by a cupping machine. Cupping is administered in each session for 15 minutes with silicon cupping glasses to the knee (osteoarthritis) and the lower back.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Company HeVaTech

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Benno Brinkhaus, Professor, MD · Charité University Berlin

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-07-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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