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Acupuncture in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee:
a randomised trial
C Witt, B Brinkhaus, S Jena, K Linde, A Streng, S Wagenpfeil, J Hummelsberger, H U Walther, D Melchart, S N Willich
Summary
Lancet 2005; 366: 136–43 Background Acupuncture is widely used by patients with chronic pain although there is little evidence of its
ment page 100 effectiveness. We investigated the efficacy of pared with minimal acupuncture and with no
Institute of Social Medicine, acupuncture in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Epidemiology, and Health
Economics (C Witt MD, Methods Patients with chronic osteoarthritis of the knee (Kellgren grade р2) were randomly assigned to
B Brinkhaus MD, S Jena MSc,
ProfS N Willich MD)and Centre acupuncture (n=150), minimal acupuncture (superficial needling at non-acupuncture points; n=76), or a waiting list
for Musculoskeletal Surgery control (n=74). Specialised physicians, in 28 outpatient centres, administered acupuncture and minimal
(H U Walther MD), Charité acupuncture in 12 sessions over 8 weeks. pleted standard questionnaires at baseline and after 8 weeks,
University Medical Centre, 26 weeks, and 52 weeks. The primary e was the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis
Berlin, Germany; Centre for
Complementary Medicine (WOMAC) index at the end of week 8 (adjusted for baseline score). All m