Acupuncture for chronic knee pain a randomized clinical trial

RS Hinman; P McCrory; M Pirotta; I Relf; A Forbes; KM Crossley; E Williamson; M Kyriakides; K Novy; BR Metcalf; A Harris; P Reddy; PG Conaghan; KL Bennell

Journal article

Acupuncture for chronic knee pain a randomized clinical trial

RS Hinman, P McCrory, M Pirotta, I Relf, A Forbes, KM Crossley, E Williamson, M Kyriakides, K Novy, BR Metcalf, A Harris, P Reddy, PG Conaghan, KL Bennell

JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.12660

Abstract

Importance There is debate about benefits of acupuncture for knee pain.Objective To determine the efficacy of laser and needle acupuncture for chronic knee pain. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Zelen-design clinical trial (randomization occurred before informed consent), in Victoria, Australia (February 2010-December 2012). Community volunteers (282 patients aged50 years with chronic knee pain) were treated by family physician acupuncturists.Interventions No acupuncture (control group, n = 71) and needle (n = 70), laser (n = 71), and sham laser (n = 70) acupuncture. Treatments were delivered for 12 weeks. Participants and acupuncturists were blinded to laser and sham laser acupuncture. Con..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This trial was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (project 566783). Drs Hinman and Bennell are both funded in part by Australian Research Council Future Fellowships (FT130100175 and FT0991413, respectively). Dr McCrory is funded in part by a National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellowship (1026383). Dr Pirotta is funded in part by a National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship (1050830). Dr Williamson was funded in part by a National Health and Medical Research Council grant (1004233).