Table 1 The schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments
From: Sinew acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled trial
Items | Enrollment | Allocation (baseline) | Interventions (± 2 days) | Follow-up | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time points (week) | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
Treatment sessions (n) | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | – | – |
Eligibility screen | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Informed consent | ✓ | |||||||||||||
VAS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
WOMAC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
SF-36 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
TUG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
8-step SCT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
PE & Tx | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Patient Diary | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Credibility Test | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
Test of Blinding Success | ✓ | |||||||||||||
Adverse events | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||