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February 1, 2026Guangming Journal of Chinese Medicine

Qi Acupuncture Meridian Therapy in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Lu Yuan Wei Wei Wang

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Key Points

This study aims to observe the effect of Qi Acupuncture Meridian Therapy on functional recovery in knee osteoarthritis patients.
Randomly assigned 60 knee osteoarthritis patients to Qi Acupuncture (30) and conventional acupuncture (30) groups.
Treatment included 20 sessions over two courses, evaluated for effectiveness post-intervention.
Both groups showed significant reduction in visual analog scale scores (P<0.05).
The Qi Acupuncture group had lower scores than the control group (P<0.05).
The Qi Acupuncture group demonstrated greater improvement in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (P<0.05).

Implication

Evaluates Qi Acupuncture effectiveness for knee osteoarthritis pain and function recovery, suggesting beneficial outcomes.

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Yuan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12953848a0ea1665671573 https://doi.org/10.70976/j.issn.1003-8914.2026.04.016

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