Knee osteoarthritis is a major cause of pain and disability in the UK. Acupuncture is used and studies have shown it can reduce pain. Giving acupuncture in a group reduces costs, but may have a different effectiveness from individual acupuncture. Our eventual aim is to find how effective and cost-effective is group acupuncture. Our pilot study was undertaken to find out whether we could identify suitable patients from GP databases; whether the study was acceptable to participants; whether the questionnaires were completed satisfactorily, particularly those measuring use of health and social services resources; and to provide information on how many patients would be needed in the main study.
Scrutiknee study findings
Scrutinising treatments for knee pain
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