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



Status:Not yet recruiting
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 70
Updated:1/30/2019
Start Date:June 30, 2019
End Date:December 2019

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
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.


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)
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NYU Langone Health
462 1st Avenue
New York, New York 10010
Principal Investigator: Barbara Siminovich-blok, MD
Phone: 212-263-4919
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