Table 1.

Schedule for treatment and outcome measurements

	Period	S							T							F
	Visit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Week		1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	13
Informed Consent		●
Demographic Characteristics		●
Medical History		●
Knee X-Ray		●
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria		●
Conformity Assessment		●
Treatment Expectancy Questionnaire		●
Blood Test		●													●
Vital Signs		●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Change in Medical History			●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Random Allocation			●
Moxibustion Treatment			○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
K-WOMAC			●												●	●
Beck Depression Inventory			●												●	●
The Short-Form 36v2 Health Survey			●												●	●
Pain Numerical Rating Scale		●	●												●	●
Physical Function Test			●												●	●
Patient Global Assessment			●												●	●
Safety Assessment			●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●

S: Screening Period, T: Treatment Period, F: Follow-up Period, K-WOMAC: Korean Western Ontario and McMaster Osteoarthritis Index, ●: Both the moxibustion group and the usual care group, ○: Only the moxibustion group.