Electroacupuncture versus exercise in patients with knee osteoarthritis: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Xue-Zhou Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xue-Zhou Wang, Rui-Kang Wang

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation International Acupuncture and Moxibustion Innovation Institute, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Rui-Kang Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xue-Zhou Wang, Rui-Kang Wang

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Arthritis Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China

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• Qiang Liu,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Arthritis Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China

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• Guang-Xia Shi,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Acupuncture and Moxibustion Innovation Institute, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Bao-Hong Mi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Cun-Zhi Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Acupuncture and Moxibustion Innovation Institute, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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• Jian-Feng Tu ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tujianfeng1@126.com (JFT); linjianhao@pkuph.edu.cn (JHL)

  Affiliation International Acupuncture and Moxibustion Innovation Institute, School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-3383

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• Jian-Hao Lin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tujianfeng1@126.com (JFT); linjianhao@pkuph.edu.cn (JHL)

  Affiliations Arthritis Clinic and Research Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China, Arthritis Institute, Peking University, Beijing, China

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