Effects of Acupuncture-Combined Tuina on Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Chendong Gu   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Dong Wei   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Kaiyue Zhang   ^{3 *} , MSc ;   Jinxi Ren   ⁴ , BSc ;   Yihui Qiao   ⁴ , BSc ;   Fengyu Zhang   ⁵ , BSc ;   Yiting Zhu   ⁴ , BSc ;   Zhixian Xu   ³ , MSc ;   Yinlong Cao   ³ , MSc ;   Shuyi Yao   ⁶ , BSc ;   Hanrui Guo   ⁷ , BSc ;   Yihang Wang   ⁸ , MSc ;   Huan Wang   ⁹ , MSc ;   Lin Wang   ¹⁰ , MSc ;   Quanliang Wang   ¹¹ , MSc ;   Guangxin Guo   ^{2, 3, 8} , PhD

¹ Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Massage, Qingpu Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shanghai, China

² Department of Tuina, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

³ School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁴ School of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁵ Yueyang Clinical Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shangai, China

⁶ School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁷ The Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan, China

⁸ Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁹ Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Chongqing University School of Medicine, Chongqing, China

¹⁰ Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

¹¹ Department of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Henan Integrative Medicine Hospital, Zhengzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally