Auriculotherapy for Osteoarthritis Knee

The magnetic pellets will contain an average of \~200 gauss/pellet magnetic flux densities, with a diameter of 1.76 mm

A laser device (pointer pulse) will be used in this study. This device has a wavelength of 650 nm, an average output power of 2.5 mW, energy density of 1 minute with 0.54 J/cm2, and a pulse of 10 Hz, which is a common acceptable dosage for clinical use. This application belongs to a low-energy laser therapy (LLLT), in which the energy level emitted from the device is approximately comparable to a teaching pointer.

"Subjects will serve as a placebo control, and will receive LAT at power off mode (i.e. deactivated laser) for acupoint stimulation before the application of plaster without magnetic pellets that mimic MAT treatment."