Interventional Effects of Small Needle-Knife Combined with Exercise Therapy in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The combination of SNK and exercise shows clinically significant improvements in KOA. Nevertheless, additional high-quality studies are required to corroborate these findings.
Authors
- Jingyi Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1209-9699)
- Niqing Xiao
- Xi Liu
- Yundong Xu
- Jin Xu
- Heguo Yan
- Hongting Lu
- Jian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4372-2826)
- Zhaohu Xie
- Zhaofu Li
- Lihe Sheng
- Xiongchang Yang
- Qianqian Yang
- Jing Xie
- Ruofan Zhu
Institutions
- Yunnan University (CN)
- Kunming Medical University (CN)
- First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (CN)
- The Fourth People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (CN)
- Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pain Research
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s569310
- Primary Topic
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China