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Table 1 Schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments

From: Fire acupuncture for mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial

 

Baseline

Treatment phase

Follow-up phase

−1 day

0 day

2 weeks

4 weeks

Patients

 Informed consent

×

   

 Sign informed consent

 

×

  

 Medical history

×

   

 Physical examination

×

   

 Randomization

 

×

  

Intervention

FA group (n = 60)

Six sessions of FA

Comparisons

GA group (n = 60)

Six sessions of GA

Outcomes

 WOMAC

 

×

×

×

 OMERACT–OARSI

 

×

×

×

 MMP-3

 

×

×

 

 IL-1β

 

×

×

 

 TNF-α

 

×

×

 

 SEE

 

×

×

×

Participant safety

    

Adverse events

 

×

×

×

  1. FA fire acupuncture, GA general acupuncture, IL interleukin, MMP-3 matrix metalloproteinase 3, SEE subjective efficacy evaluation, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor α, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index