Efficacy and Mechanisms of Energy Medicine to Decrease Chronic Knee Pain in Outpatient Settings

NYU Langone Health

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Ostheoporosis of the Knee

Treatments: Procedure: Acupuncture; Procedure: Enery Medicine Intervention; Procedure: Sham Energy Medicine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03637595

18-00600

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will assess the efficacy and mechanisms behind Energy Medicine in reducing chronic knee pain within an outpatient setting. This study will investigate a form of Energy Medicine (EM) performed by a natural solo practitioner, using a standard number of three sessions, which will compare to both positive and negative control groups. The positive control group will receive acupuncture and the negative control group will receive a sham intervention.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Presence of knee pain lasting for at least six months
• No radiation of knee pain
• No acupuncture treatments in the previous six months
• Failure to respond completely to the medications given by their orthopedic or pain management specialist
• Knee pain on most days (4 out of 7 days of the week) with average self-reported severity of 4 or more out of 10 on a numeric rating scale (NRS)
• Complaints of morning stiffness lasting less than 30 minutes
• Not be in active physical therapy (PT) for the duration of the trial.
• Adult patients ≥18 years of age
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Any concurrent diagnosis of systemic disease
• Other concurrent treatments such as massage, Acupcunture, PT or any kind of Energy Medicine
• Bleeding disorder
• Trypanophobia (fear of needles or injections).
• Have medical condition that causes difficulty in saliva production/collection (i.e.: Sjogren's Syndrome)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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10 participants in 3 patient groups

Positive Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Acupuncture

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture

Negative Control Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Sham Intervention

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham Energy Medicine

Energy Medicine (EM) Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Energy Medicine by an energy medicine practitioner

Treatment:

Procedure: Enery Medicine Intervention