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Table 1 Schedule for enrollment, intervention, and assessments during the study period

From: Efficacy of manual acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and warm acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Timepoint

Enrollment allocation

Treatment period

Follow-up

−1 week

0 week

1 week

2 week

3 week

4 week

8 week

12 week

Enrolment

 Eligibility screen

X

       

 Baseline

X

       

 Informed consent

X

       

 Randomization

X

       

 Medical history

X

       

 Merger disease

X

       

 Allocation

 

X

      

Interventions

 Group A

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Group B

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Group C

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Group D

  

X

X

X

X

X

X

Assessments

 WOMAC

 

X

   

X

X

X

 VAS

 

X

   

X

X

X

 AIMF2-SF

 

X

   

X

X

X

 BAI

 

X

   

X

X

X

 BDI

 

X

   

X

X

X

 CEQ

 

X

      

 Adverse events

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

  1. Qualification screening and informed consent will be completed before the assignment. After allocation, each patient will be treated within 4 weeks. The evaluation will be performed at baseline and weeks 4, 8, and 12 respectively after randomization. Adverse events will be recorded on the case report form at any time during treatment
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