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Electromoxibustion and Knee Health Education for Knee Osteoarthritis in Older Adults

NCT04034394 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2024-04-15

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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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Electromoxibustion

Electromoxibustion is a electric device that mimic the burning or moxa. Subjects in this group will receive electromoxibustion using a knee-brace-like device which produces thermal stimulation with a moxa pad inside. The treatment will be delivered 3 times per week for 4 weeks.

OTHER

Knee health education

Subjects in this group will attend 2 lessons (120 minutes each) of health education related to knee OA symptom management in a small group of 5-7 subject. The course content is developed from the course materials from the websites of Elderly Health Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-20
Primary Completion
2019-12-30
Completion
2020-03-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Diseases

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