Study lapsed due to COVID-19.

This study will assess the efficacy and mechanisms behind Energy Medicine in reducing chronic knee pain within an outpatient setting. This study will investigate a form of Energy Medicine (EM) performed by a natural solo practitioner, using a standard number of three sessions, which will compare to both positive and negative control groups. The positive control group will receive acupuncture and the negative control group will receive a sham intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Presence of knee pain lasting for at least six months
• No radiation of knee pain
• No acupuncture treatments in the previous six months
• Failure to respond completely to the medications given by their orthopedic or pain management specialist
• Knee pain on most days (4 out of 7 days of the week) with average self-reported severity of 4 or more out of 10 on a numeric rating scale (NRS)
• Complaints of morning stiffness lasting less than 30 minutes
• Not be in active physical therapy (PT) for the duration of the trial.
• Adult patients ≥18 years of age
• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any concurrent diagnosis of systemic disease
• Other concurrent treatments such as massage, Acupcunture, PT or any kind of Energy Medicine
• Bleeding disorder
• Trypanophobia (fear of needles or injections).
• Have medical condition that causes difficulty in saliva production/collection (i.e.: Sjogren's Syndrome)

Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after deidentification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).

Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication.

Requests should be directed to siminb01@nyumc.org To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement.