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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3744-2 |
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