膝关节骨性关节炎（KOA）发病的主要原因是关节软骨退变。致病因素具有多样性。据相关研究表明，60岁以上的老年患者患病率高达42.8%，对个人及社会均产生一定的影响。然而目前西医对本病尚无令人满意的治疗方法，传统疗法中，如针灸、火针、火罐和温灸等在治疗本病上均有较好的疗效。火针发展至今已有几千年的历史，在治疗痛证和皮肤病等治疗方面具有较突出的作用。为探究火针对该病的疗效，通过查阅近10年的火针治疗KOA的有关文献，得出火针治疗该病确有疗效。并从火针和火针结合其他疗法两个方面分别进行归纳总结，认为火针治疗KOA具有安全经济有效等特点，为临床治疗KOA提供有效参考。

The main cause of knee osteoarthritis （KOA） is cartilage degeneration in the joints and pathogenic factors are diverse. According to relevant studies， the prevalence rate of people over 60 is as high as 42.8%， which has certain impact on both individuals and society. Western medicine has no satisfactory treatment at present， while traditional Chinese therapies， such as acupuncture， fire needle， cupping jar，warming moxibustion etc.， all have good curative effect. Fire needle has been developed for thousands of years， which plays a prominent role in the treatment of pain syndrome and skin diseases etc. In order to explore the efficacy of fire needle， literature on the treatment of KOA in recent 10 years is consulted and found that fire needle is really effective in treating the disease. As fire needle and fire needle combined with other therapies are respectively summarized， a conclusion is drawn that fire acupuncture is safe， economical and effective in the treatment of KOA， which provides an effective reference for the clinical treatment.