Fire acupuncture for mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial

Abstract Background Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is one of the most common bone and joint diseases. As one of the main non-drug therapies, acupuncture is widely used to treat KOA, although the evidence for its efficacy is inconclusive. The objective of this pilot trial is to clarify the clinical effica...

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Main Authors: Yuan-Bo Fu, Bin Li, San-Feng Sun, Hui-Lin Liu, Xin Wang, Shao-Song Wang, Fan Zhang, Xin Du, Du-Juan Ge, Lei Shang, Rui-Li Liang, Li-Na Wang, Fang Yuan, Jing-Qing Sun, Jun-Wei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3744-2