Baseline | Treatment phase | Follow-up phase | ||||
−1st week | Week 0 | 2 weeks | 4 weeks | 1 month | 2 months | |
Patients | ||||||
Informed consent | × | |||||
Demographics | × | |||||
Medical history | × | |||||
Physical examination | × | |||||
Knee X-ray | × | |||||
Randomisation | × | |||||
Intervention | × | × | × | |||
Outcomes | ||||||
WOMAC | × | × | × | × | × | |
VAS | × | × | × | × | × | |
PGA | × | × | × | × | ||
Adverse events | × | × | × | × |
WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; VAS, visual analogue scale; PGA, patient global assessment.