Effects of intensity of electroacupuncture on chronic pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial

Lv, Zheng‐tao; Shen, Lin‐Lin; Zhu, Bing; Zhang, Zhaoqing; Ma, Chaoyang; Huang, Guofu; Yin, Jing; Yu, Lingling; Yu, Siyi; Ming-qiao, Ding; Li, Jing; Yuan, Xiaocui; He, Wei; Jing, Xiang‐Hong; Li, Man

doi:10.1186/s13075-019-1899-6

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Effects of intensity of electroacupuncture on chronic pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial

Published in Arthritis Research & Therapy • May 14, 2019

Authors:

Zheng‐tao Lv

Lin‐Lin Shen

Bing Zhu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is impaired in people with chronic pain such as knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The purpose of this randomized, controlled clinical trial was to investigate whether strong electroacupuncture (EA) was more effective on chronic pain by strengthening the CPM fun...

Subject

WOMAC

Medicine

Osteoarthritis

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