Needle-Knife Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis
Effective treatment options for knee osteoarthritis (KOA)
are limited. This study investigated the efficacy of needle-knife therapy, a
technique of traditional Chinese medicine that has been widely used to treat
KOA. Needle-knife therapy was compared with the traditional acupuncture therapy. The following is the results from the study. Patients (n=170) with KOA were randomly divided for needle-knife therapy
(treatment group) and acupuncture therapy (control group). Outcome evaluation
included stiffness, pain, physiological function, overall changes, total
symptom score, clinical curative effects and the concentrations of interleukin
(IL)-1β, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the synovial fluid. The
trial was completed in 151 patients (233 knees) from a total of 170 patients
(264 knees); the treatment group comprised 76 patients (117 knees) who
completed the trial and 9 patients (14 knees) who were removed from the study,
and the control group comprised 75 patients (116 knees) who completed the trial
and 10 patients (17 knees) who were removed from the study. The symptom scores
of KOA in stages I-IV were reduced significantly in the treatment group and
those of stages I-III were decreased significantly in the control group. The
effective rate of the KOA therapy in the patients of stages III and IV in the
treatment group was significantly higher than that in the control group. After
treatment, the decrements of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the treatment group were
greater than those in the control group. These results showed that the use of
needle-knife therapy to treat KOA effectively improved the clinical symptoms by
inhibiting the expression of inflammatory cytokines.
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