The Effect of Needle-embedding Therapy on Osteoarthritis of the Knee Combined with Korean Medical Treatment: Report of Five Cases※

Lee, Jung Hun; Yang, Tae Joon; Lee, Dong Geun; Lee, Oook Jae; Wei, Tung Shuen

doi:10.13045/acupunct.2014066

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“…Treatments with TEA include frozen shoulder, 17 chronic low back pain 18 and osteoarthritis of the knee. 19 However, there is a lack of evidence on the contribution of TEA in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, this review will evaluate whether TEA is effective and safe compared with other treatments for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, based on the pain severity, function, global assessments of participant improvement, QoL, analgesic consumption and adverse events.…”

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Thread embedding acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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IntroductionThread embedding acupuncture (TEA) is a special type of acupuncture that inserts certain medical threads (eg, catgut or polydioxanone) into subcutaneous tissue or muscles at specific points. Although TEA has been widely used for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain in Korea, China and Taiwan, evidence regarding its efficacy is lacking. The aim of this protocol is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of TEA in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis.Methods and analysisThe following 16 databases will be searched from their inception to 14 May 2017: MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, three Chinese database (China National Knowledge Infrastructure, the Chongqing VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database and the Wanfang database) and eight Korean databases (Korean Medical Database, Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, Korean Studies Information Service System, Korean National Assembly Digital Library, National Digital Science Library, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System, ’Database Periodical Information Academic and Korean Traditional Knowledge Portal'). The WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform will also be searched to retrieve the recently completed studies.All randomised controlled studies in which TEA was used on specific points for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain will be included and no restrictions on language will be applied. The risk of bias of each study will be evaluated by the Cochrane risk of bias tool.Mean difference or standardised mean difference for continuous data and risk ratio for dichotomous data will be calculated with 95% CIs using a random effects model or a fixed effects model. Additional subgroup and sensitivity analyses will be conducted according to a predefined protocol.Ethics and disseminationNo ethical issues are predicted. The systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal or conference presentation. These findings will summarise the current evidence of TEA for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain and may provide guidance for clinicians and patients to select TEA for musculoskeletal pain.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42015019046.

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“…Nevertheless, the current level of evidence supporting the efficacy of embedding with PDO thread for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain is insufficient. Only case studies on the application of PDO TEA for the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain [ 26 ], shoulder pain [ 27 ], and osteoarthritis of the knee [ 28 ] have been published. In addition, no RCTs using PDO thread embedded as a sham-controlled intervention have been reported [ 29 ].…”

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Efficacy and safety of polydioxanone thread embedded at specific acupoints for non-specific chronic neck pain: a study protocol for a randomized, subject-assessor-blinded, sham-controlled pilot trial

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BackgroundThis study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of thread-embedding acupuncture (TEA) with polydioxanone thread embedded at various acupoints, compared with sham TEA, for the treatment of non-specific chronic neck pain.Methods/designThis study will be an 8-week-long, two-armed, parallel, randomized, subject-assessor-blinded, sham-controlled pilot trial. Fifty eligible patients will be randomly allocated into the real TEA group or the sham TEA group. The real TEA group will receive TEA treatment at 14 fixed acupoints in the neck region. The sham TEA group will receive the same treatment as the real TEA group, but with a sham device with the thread removed. Both groups will receive treatment once a week for a total of four sessions. The primary outcome will be the mean change in the visual analog scale (VAS) from baseline to week 6 (2 weeks post intervention). Clinical relevance (ratio of the number of patients with decreases on the VAS of ≥15 mm or with percentiles ≥ 30% and ≥ 50% relative to baseline to the total number of patients), Neck Disability Index, pressure pain threshold, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, EuroQol 5-Dimensions questionnaire, Patient Global Impression of Change, blinding test, and adverse events will be used to assess secondary outcomes.DiscussionThe results of this study will provide valuable data for a large-scale clinical trial to evaluate the clinical effects of polydioxanone TEA in the treatment of patients with non-specific chronic neck pain.Trial registrationClinical Research Information Service (CRIS), Republic of Korea, KCT0002452. Registered on 6 September 2017.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-3058-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…. 국내의 한의학 관절염 연구는 주로 침, 한약, 봉약침, 뜸을 대상 으로 하였으나 [3][4][5] , 매선 요법을 시험 중재로 한 연구는 양적, 질적으 로 부족하였다 6) . 매선 .…”

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A Systematic Review on Thread Embedding Therapy of Knee Osteoarthritis

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Objectives : This study was performed to review the efficacy of national and international randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating evidence on thread embedding therapy for knee osteoarthritis. Methods : Online databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, NDSL, OASIS, CNKI) were searched for studies where thread embedding therapy was performed for Knee Osteoarthritis from their inception to July 2018. Two researchers independently performed the search. Only RCTs were selected. Eligible studies were selected first by the abstract and the title and then included after full-texts were read. Risk of bias of the included studies were evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool. Data were narratively summarized. Results : There were 334 studies retrieved from the databases, resulting in analysis of 3 RCTs. There was an average of 1.5 treatment visits over a 7 day period and evaluation tool used was efficacy rate, with traditional acupuncture being the most common control used in the trials. Statistically significant improvement by thread embedding therapy was reported. None of the included RCTs reported on adverse reactions. The risk of bias of the included studies was generally unclear. Conclusion : The review suggests that thread embedding therapy can be effective in knee osteoarthritis. But there was a lack of detailed information about the treatment procedures, and the risk of bias was unclear. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence for thread embedding therapy for knee osteoarthritis

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The Effect of Needle-embedding Therapy on Osteoarthritis of the Knee Combined with Korean Medical Treatment: Report of Five Cases※

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Thread embedding acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Thread embedding acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Efficacy and safety of polydioxanone thread embedded at specific acupoints for non-specific chronic neck pain: a study protocol for a randomized, subject-assessor-blinded, sham-controlled pilot trial

A Systematic Review on Thread Embedding Therapy of Knee Osteoarthritis

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