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| Observation on clinical effect in treating knee degenerative osteoarthritis by integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine |
| Hits 1906 Download times 1463 Received:March 06, 2014 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2014.07.07 |
| Key Words
degenerative osteoarthritis;traditional Chinese and Western medicine;Shenjin Tougu decoction;curative effect |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | YUAN Zhen-zhen | Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, China | | | YANG Zhao | Department of bone and Joint Surgery, Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin 300211, China | annyallan@126.com |
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| [Objective] To evaluate the efficacy of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in treating knee degenerative osteoarthritis (DOA). [Methods] One hundred and twenty patients entered the randomized controlled study for five weeks. The patients were randomly divided into two treatment groups, 60 cases in each group. Treatment group received Shenjin Tougu decoction and sodium hyaluronate and the control group received sodium hyaluronate only. The international standard DOA score of Lequesne index was used to evaluate the rest pain of knee, sport pain, tenderness, swelling, morning stiffness and walking ability after treatment. The movement range of joint was also tested before and after treatment. [Results] The total effective rate was 95.0% in treatment and 70.0% in control group. The total effective rate in treatment group was significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.05). At 5 weeks, Lequesne index and the movement range of joint in treatment group yielded a significant better improvement of symptoms scores than that in control group (P<0.05). [Conclusion] Traditional Chinese and Western medicine have a good clinical efficacy in treating the patients with knee degenerative osteoarthritis. |
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