NCT01612663

Effect of Distal Needling on Knee Pain Using Acupuncture Techniques

Comparison of Different Acupuncture Methods on Knee Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test if specific therapeutic benefits of acupuncture are mostly attributable to contextual and psychosocial factors, such as patients' beliefs and expectations.The investigators propose using the 2 acupuncture methods, which refrains from inserting needles in the affected area, in order to evaluate the short-term and long-term efficacy of acupuncture in a clinical setting compared with placebo and compared with invasive needling that does not adhere to "correct" acupuncture rules.

Detailed description

The main novel features of this study: 1. First aim to assess the effect of distal needling on knee pain 2. Second aim to directly compare two acupuncture techniques, placebo, needling at "wrong" places and "correct" needling for knee pain Advantages of the study compared to published data: 1. Distal needling - enables assessment of range of motion (ROM) and pain level during needling. 2. Both acupuncture systems rely on minimal questioning, which simplifies the patient-practitioner interactions. 3. Exploratory studies in the clinic of DP show that it is possible to distinguish between "correct" and "incorrect" needling, at least in the short term. Long term effects have not been assessed yet.

Conditions

• Patellar Tendonitis
• Complete Tear, Knee, Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Pain relief by Acupuncture needle at non-specific site
DEVICE	Acupuncture needle
DEVICE	Acupuncture needle
DEVICE	Acupuncture needle

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2012-06-06
• Last updated: 2022-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel