PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LASER ACUPUNCTURE ON OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEE PAIN:A RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL

作     者：Meikin Rees Tapan Rai Peter Meier 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Medicine》 (结合医学学报(英文))

年 卷 期：2014年第3期

页      面：318-318页

学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LASER ACUPUNCTURE ON OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEE PAIN DOUBLE-BLIND 

摘      要：Background: Worldwide, osteoarthritis(OA) is the major cause of musculoskeletal pain and mobility disability in elderly *** Arthritis Research Society International(OARSI) lists acupuncture among 35 evidence-based consensus recommendations for the management of OA of the knee or ***: The objective of this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of LASER acupuncture on osteoarthritis knee(OAK) *** study integrates traditional acupuncture philosophy, treatment principles and techniques with modern LASER technology.A literature review suggests LASER-related OA research has focused primarily on the general condition rather than OAK *** published research is available on LASER acupuncture *** OAK research did not use a design that accounts for the TCM model, although 9 out of 10 OAK studies produced positive ***: Forty participants have been recruited and screened against inclusion/exclusion criteria and randomized into two groups: intervention and *** or placebo will be administered 3 times per week for 4 weeks(12 treatments).Outcome measures will be evaluated before and after the 12 treatments, with 1 and 2 months *** will be tested for statistical significance using ANOVA and t *** study is differentiating itself from earlier studies by using TCMspecific inclusion criteria in addition to the Kellgren-Lawrence ***: Forty participants have taken part in this study, the first of its type in *** the study outcome is, new knowledge will be developed within the field of LASER acupuncture where currently very little information has been published.