Ultrasound-guided dry needling versus traditional dry needling for patients with knee osteoarthritis: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

• Johnson C. Y. Pang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Johnson C. Y. Pang, Amy S. N. Fu, Stanley K. H. Lam, B. Peng, Allan C. L. Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jpang@cihe.edu.hk

  Current address: 2 Chui Ling Lane, Tseung Kwan O, N.T., Hong Kong, China

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9931-1631

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• Amy S. N. Fu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Johnson C. Y. Pang, Amy S. N. Fu, Stanley K. H. Lam, B. Peng, Allan C. L. Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: ST 535, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

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• Stanley K. H. Lam ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Johnson C. Y. Pang, Amy S. N. Fu, Stanley K. H. Lam, B. Peng, Allan C. L. Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Room 1201, 12/F., KOLOUR Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China

  Affiliations The Hong Kong Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Hong Kong, China, Department of Family Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Department of Family Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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• B. Peng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Johnson C. Y. Pang, Amy S. N. Fu, Stanley K. H. Lam, B. Peng, Allan C. L. Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Sichuan Academy of Medicine Sciences, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences Sichuan Translational Medicine Research Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Allan C. L. Fu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Johnson C. Y. Pang, Amy S. N. Fu, Stanley K. H. Lam, B. Peng, Allan C. L. Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Level 7, Susan Wakil Health Building D18, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  Affiliations Discipline of Physiotherapy, Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Musculoskeletal Research Hub, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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