Herbal acupuncture needles aim to ease Crash-Related knee pain
NCT ID NCT06931951
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding herbal acupuncture to standard oriental medicine treatments can better relieve acute knee pain from traffic accidents. Forty adults hospitalized with knee pain (rated 5 or higher on a 0-10 scale) will be randomly assigned to receive either herbal acupuncture plus standard care or standard care alone. The main goal is to see if the herbal acupuncture group reports less pain after treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- herbal extract-based pharmacopuncture (injected into acupuncture points)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-drug option for quickly easing knee pain after a car accident.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 40 people, so results may not apply widely. It compares two similar treatments, so a big difference is unlikely.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine
RECRUITINGDaejeon, South Korea