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Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee
— randomised controlled trial | | Author(s) | Nadine E Foster, Elaine Thomas, Panos Barlas |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 335 no 7617, 1 September 2007 |
| Pages | pp 436-440 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Alternative medicine ; Physiotherapy ; Arthritis ; Clinical surveys ; Midlands [England]. |
| Annotation | Participants were 352 adults aged 50+ with a clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis at 37 physiotherapy centres accepting referrals from general practitioners in the Midlands. 116 received advice and exercise, 117 received advice and exercise plus true acupuncture, and 199 received advice and exercise plus non-penetrating acupuncture. The primary outcome was changes in scores on the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis index pain sub-scale at 6 months. Follow-up rate at 6 months was 94%. The mean baseline pain score was 9.2. At 6 months mean reductions in pain were 2.28 for advice and exercise, 2.32 advice and exercise plus true acupuncture, and 2.53 for advice and exercise plus non-penetrating acupuncture. The addition of acupuncture to a course of advice and exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee delivered by physiotherapists provided no additional improvement in pain scores. Small benefits in pain intensity and unpleasantness were observed in both acupuncture groups, making it unlikely that this was due to acupuncture needling effects. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070907202 A |
| Classmark | CEA: LK3: LOA: CLA: 3G: 82X * |
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