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Acupuncture/Acupressure for Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) Relieving in the Elderly: A Review

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Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors (AHFE 2017)

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The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is quite high among the elderly and significantly influence their mobility which is quite relevant to functional independence and health-related life quality. Acupuncture and acupressure are increasingly popular in treating many diseases including some musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders such as the knee OA. This paper aims to review the previous published researches on acupuncture and acupressure therapy for knee OA regarding the treatment mechanisms, effectiveness and characteristics to summarize and give therapeutic recommendations on knee OA in the elderly. Future directions will be provided for symptom management and functional maintenance in knee OA in order to improve the mobility and life quality of the old knee OA sufferers, so that the personal, societal, medical and financial burdens will then be correspondingly reduced.

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    Zidan Gong & Winnie Yu

  2. GINGER Knowledge Transfer and Consultancy Limited, Hong Kong, China

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  3. Pok Qi Hospital-The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Centre for Training and Research (Shatin), Hong Kong, China

    Yuanqi Guo

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Gong, Z., Yu, W., Wong, T., Guo, Y. (2018). Acupuncture/Acupressure for Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) Relieving in the Elderly: A Review. In: Goonetilleke, R., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 602. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60825-9_35

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