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Effect of Distal Needling on Knee Pain Using Acupuncture Techniques

NCT01612663 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2022-03-22

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test if specific therapeutic benefits of acupuncture are mostly attributable to contextual and psychosocial factors, such as patients' beliefs and expectations.The investigators propose using the 2 acupuncture methods, which refrains from inserting needles in the affected area, in order to evaluate the short-term and long-term efficacy of acupuncture in a clinical setting compared with placebo and compared with invasive needling that does not adhere to "correct" acupuncture rules.

Conditions

  • Patellar Tendonitis
  • Complete Tear, Knee, Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Interventions

DEVICE

Pain relief by Acupuncture needle at non-specific site

DEVICE

Acupuncture needle

DEVICE

Acupuncture needle

DEVICE

Acupuncture needle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elyad Davidson, MD · Hadassah Medical Organization

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-06-01
Completion
2015-06-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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