Clinical outcome of external therapy of TCM for atlantoaxial osteoarthritis
- VernacularTitle:中医外治法治疗寰枢椎骨关节炎的临床研究
- Author:
Xuezhang TANG
;
Xiangsheng TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Atlantoaxial;
Osteoarthritis;
Lateral mass articulation;
External therapy;
Osteopathtic
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the clinical outcomes of TCM external treatment for atlantoaxial osteoarthritis.Methods:36 Atlantoaxial osteoarthritis patients were divided into a treatment group(18 cases) and a control group(18 cases).Patients in the treatment group were given oral western medicine and external treatment of TCM,including external medicine and osteopathtic manipulation;while those in the control group were given only oral western medicine treatment.All the patients were assessed with visual analogous scale(VAS) before and after treatment.Results:The pain of all patients was decreased after treatment.The VAS score in both groups were reduced after treatment and the difference was significant as compared with that before treatment(P
