Tui-na and Oral Chinese Medicine on KOA

Summary

The study aims to evaluate the therapeutic effect of the Tui-na and oral Chinese medicine on the treatment of KOA. This is a prospective, randomized wait-list controlled trial in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). After 2 weeks screening period, eligible subjects will be randomly assigned to the treatment group and wait-list control group in 1:1 ratio. Subjects will have 4-week of treatment, and then a 4-week follow-up.

Timeline

Start

2020-09-14

Primary completion

2022-12

Completion

2023-03

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper No statistically significant difference was found between two groups on WOMAC scores at the end of treatment. PMID 37424023 ↗

Publications

• Chan KH, Ching JYL, Chan KL, Lau HY, Chu KM, Chan K, Pang HF, Wong LC, Chia CP, Zhang HW, Song T, Leung SB, Ng BFL, Lin ZX. Therapeutic effect of Duhuo Jisheng Decoction add-on Tui-na manipulation on osteoarthritis of knee: a randomized controlled trial. Chin Med. 2023 Jul 10;18(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s13020-023-00737-5.

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