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Association of Acupuncture and Cupping in Advanced Knee Osteoarthritis

NCT04168593 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-03-27

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Summary

Given the lack of studies in the literature associating the use of acupuncture and sliding suction cup in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis, the objective of this study is to evaluate the benefits of this association in patients of the Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology outpatient clinic of the University of São Paulo while awaiting surgical treatment of knee osteoarthritis as a method of pain relief, limb function improvement and quality of life.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

20 min of Acupuncture section follow by 10 min of cupping around the knee

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chin Lin · University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-12
Primary Completion
2019-10-30
Completion
2020-05-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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