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CORRECTION article

Front. Med., 05 January 2026

Sec. Rheumatology

Volume 12 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1762859

Correction: Opposing needling in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: an improved study protocol for a randomized controlled trial


Huiying LiHuiying Li1Siyu QianSiyu Qian1Yanqin LiuYanqin Liu2Yan GuoYan Guo3Xiaoqin ChenXiaoqin Chen2Yao HuYao Hu3Qiyue FuQiyue Fu3Qing LiQing Li3Yuting XiangYuting Xiang3Ying LiuYing Liu3Xi Wu
Xi Wu1*Tingting Luo,
Tingting Luo1,3*
  • 1School of Acupuncture and Tuina, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  • 2Department of Rehabilitation, Chengdu Pidu District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  • 3Rehabilitation Department, The Thirteenth People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China

A Correction on
Opposing needling in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: an improved study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

by Li, H., Qian, S., Liu, Y., Guo, Y., Chen, X., Hu, Y., Fu, Q., Li, Q., Xiang, Y., Liu, Y., Wu, X., and Luo, T. (2025). Front. Med. 12:1698983. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1698983

The funder “Joint Fund of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau and Health Commission, [Grant No. 2023QNXM063]” to Tingting Luo was erroneously omitted.

The correct Funding statement is:

“The author(s) declared that financial support was received for this work and/or its publication. This work was funded by Joint Fund of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau and Health Commission, [Grant No. 2023QNXM063] to Tingting Luo.”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: knee, osteoarthritis, opposing needling, electroacupuncture, randomized controlled trial, evidence-based Chinese medicine

Citation: Li H, Qian S, Liu Y, Guo Y, Chen X, Hu Y, Fu Q, Li Q, Xiang Y, Liu Y, Wu X and Luo T (2026) Correction: Opposing needling in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: an improved study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Front. Med. 12:1762859. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1762859

Received: 08 December 2025; Revised: 08 December 2025; Accepted: 11 December 2025;
Published: 05 January 2026.

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Copyright © 2026 Li, Qian, Liu, Guo, Chen, Hu, Fu, Li, Xiang, Liu, Wu and Luo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Tingting Luo, MTk3MDAwMTkwNUBxcS5jb20=; Xi Wu, d3V4aUBjZHV0Y20uZWR1LmNu

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