Title: Clinical research of the treatment of Bushen Huoxue formula combined with moxa stick moxibustion for patients with knee osteoarthritis
Abstract: Objective To study the effect and safety of Bushen Huoxue formula combined with moxa stick moxibustion on knee osteoarthritis.Methods 81 cases with knee osteoarthritis were randomly divided into the treatment group and the control group.Treatment group was given Bushen Huoxue formula combined with moxa stick moxibustion,while the control group was given celecoxib capsules.The course was 12 weeks.The scores of TCM syndromes symptoms and Lysholm scores were observed before and post treatment for 4,8 and 12 weeks.All the patients were follow up for one year recurrence rate to evaluate the therapeutic effect.Results The effect rate were 80.00% and 39.02% in treatment group and control group respectively.The effect of treatment group was better than control group(P0.01).There was significant difference between the two groups on the scores of TCM syndromes symptoms(P0.01).Lysholm scores of treatment group was better than control group in the 4,8 and 12 weeks after treatment.The recurrence rate of treatment group was lower than control group for one year's follow-up.Conclusion Bushen Huoxue formula combined with moxa stick moxibustion is effective in treatment for knee osteoarthritis.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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