Efficacy and Mechanisms of Energy Medicine to Decrease Chronic Knee Pain in Outpatient Settings
NCT ID: NCT03637595
Last Updated: 2023-11-01
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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
NA
10 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2019-06-12
2019-11-27
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Positive Control Group
Acupuncture
Acupuncture
3 sessions of acupuncture will be the reference therapy against which the energy medicine intervention is being compared.
Negative Control Group
Sham Intervention
Sham Energy Medicine
a non-energy trained confederate to be determined from the clinical research coordinators and non traditional volunteers enrolled administering assessments and providing therapeutic company.
Energy Medicine (EM) Intervention
Energy Medicine by an energy medicine practitioner
Enery Medicine Intervention
3 sessions performed by Energy Medicine practitioner, who will perform an assessment followed by the intervention.
Interventions
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Acupuncture
3 sessions of acupuncture will be the reference therapy against which the energy medicine intervention is being compared.
Enery Medicine Intervention
3 sessions performed by Energy Medicine practitioner, who will perform an assessment followed by the intervention.
Sham Energy Medicine
a non-energy trained confederate to be determined from the clinical research coordinators and non traditional volunteers enrolled administering assessments and providing therapeutic company.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* 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
* 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)
18 Years
70 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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NYU Langone Health
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Barbara A Siminovich-blok, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
NYU Langone Medical Center
Locations
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NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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18-00600
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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