Thermal sensitization of acupoints in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional case-control study
Among patients with knee OA, thermal sensitization occurs in the acupoints of the lower extremity, exhibiting localized and regional thermal consistencies. The thermally sensitized acupoints that we identified in this study, ST34, SP10, EX-LE2, EX-LE5, GB39 and BL40, may be good choices for the acupuncture treatment of knee OA. Please cite this article as: Tu JF, Wang XZ, Yan SY, Wang YR, Yang JW, Shi GX, Zhang WZ, Jing LN, Yang LS, Liu DH, Wang LQ, Mi BH. Thermal sensitization of acupoints in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional case-control study. J Integr Med. 2025; 23(3): 289-296.
Authors
- Shiyan Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8693-5530)
- Xue-Zhou Wang
- Jing‐Wen Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7031-3446)
- Donghua Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5296-7665)
- Guang‐Xia Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-2085)
- Lisha Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6318-4298)
- Jian‐Feng Tu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-3383)
- Baohong Mi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6305-2110)
- Wenzheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-0729)
- Yiran Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3753-2206)
- Lina Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8961-2809)
- Li‐Qiong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4125-0974)
Institutions
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Integrative Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joim.2025.03.004
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.91
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China