A clinical observation of combined TUINA with Chinese herbs fumigating for bony arthritis of knee joints:A 73 cases reports

VernacularTitle:推拿配合中药熏蒸治疗膝关节骨性关节炎73例临床观察
Author: Peiwu FAN ; Ting YAO ; Dongmei JIA ; Qing HU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Osteoarthitic; knee; TUINA; Chinese herbs fumigating
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2009;16(8):1381-1382
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the clinical therapeutic effect of combined TUINA with Chinese herbs fumigating in patients with bony arthritis of knee joints.Methods A total of 73 patients with bony arthrithis of knee joints were divided into treatment group(37 cases)and control group(36 cases)randomly.The patients of treatment group were used the combined TUINA with Chinese herbs fumigating and patients in control group were used Chinese herbs fumigating alone.After three courses of treatment,therapeutic effect was compared the two groups patients.Results The results showed that the cure rate in treatment group was higher than control group markedly(P ＜0.01).The improvement rate between the two groups was not significently different.Conclusion The therapeutic effect that combined TUINA with Chinese herbs fumigating for patients with bony arthritis of knee joints is very effective treatment procedure.