Verum acupuncture versus sham acupuncture
knee pain, KOA knee pain
This study found that verum acupuncture (puncturing acupoints) and sham acupuncture (puncturing non‐acupoints) were all equally effective for KOA knee pain relief and had similar effects on vlPAG rs‐FC, which is similar to the findings from previously published literature on RCTs and meta‐analyses. Some research reported no advantage of puncturing acupoints over non‐acupoints for treating knee pain,