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Trial reportMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025

Effectiveness and Safety of Pharmacopuncture Therapy Compared to Standard Physical Therapy in Patients with Chronic Knee Pain: A Pilot Study for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.

Myung In Jeong, Jun Kyu Lim, Yong Jun Kim, Yu Sun Jeon, Suna Kim, Chang Youn Kim, Yeon-Cheol Park, Eun-Jung Kim, Yejin Hong, Dongwoo Nam and 3 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialPragmatic Clinical Trial
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Trial report in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Myung In JeongDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine, Daejeon 34127, Republic of Korea.
Jun Kyu LimDepartment of Korean Internal Medicine, Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine, Daejeon 34127, Republic of Korea.
Yong Jun KimDepartment of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine, Daejeon 34127, Republic of Korea.
Yu Sun JeonDepartment of Gynecology of Korean Medicine, Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine, Daejeon 34127, Republic of Korea.
Suna KimDepartment of Gynecology of Korean Medicine, Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine, Daejeon 34127, Republic of Korea.
Chang Youn KimDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine, Daejeon 34127, Republic of Korea.
Yeon-Cheol ParkDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul 05278, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Jung KimDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Dongguk University Bundang Oriental Hospital, Seongnam-si 13601, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4547-9305
Yejin HongDepartment of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8817-136X
Dongwoo NamDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7957-3121
Yoon Jae LeeJaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul 06110, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1532-0942
Doori KimJaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul 06110, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6952-314X
In-Hyuk HaJaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul 06110, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5020-6723

Funding

Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea RS-2021-KH111842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Acupuncture TherapyChronic PainPhysical Therapy ModalitiesAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPain ManagementPain MeasurementPilot ProjectsTreatment Outcomechronic painPPTpragmatic RCTPT

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PMID40572793
PMCPMC12195255

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