The Journal of Practical Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (17): 2495-2502.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-5725.2024.17.024

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Evaluation of the curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine bone-setting technique in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis

Xi LI1,Jian ZHANG1,Guohui LIU2,Yunhao LIU2,Zekun ZHANG3,Tianci GAO4,Jingxi WANG5,Yongwang ZHANG1,Shilin YIN1,Lu LIU6,Liqing QI1,Shuangqing. DU1()   

  1. *.Department of Orthopaedics,the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shijiazhuang 050051,China
  • Received:2024-05-24 Online:2024-09-10 Published:2024-09-13
  • Contact: Shuangqing. DU E-mail:szdushuangqing@sina.com

Abstract:

Objective To observe the clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine bone-setting technique using spinal, pelvi-lower extremity line to treat patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Methods 426 patients with KOA were all from the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. They were randomly divided into experimental group (384 cases, 57 cases of elimination, shedding and termination) by computer generated sequence. Traditional Chinese bone setting techniques were applied with spinal-pelvic-lower limb force line (divided into three parts: lumbar fixed point reduction method, hip joint push-pull and extension method and knee peripheral tendon recovery method every 3 days. 2 weeks) treatment; The control group was the waiting treatment group (48 cases, 6 cases were eliminated, abscission, termination), which was only used for clinical observation for 2 weeks. The main outcome index was WOMAC pain score. Secondary outcome measures were WOMAC stiffness score, functional score, standardized score and quality of life score (SF-12). The test time points were baseline, 2 weeks after enrollment, and follow-up (14 weeks after enrollment). The control group was at baseline and 2 weeks after enrollment. Results Compared with baseline, WOMAC pain score, stiffness score, functional score and standardized score were all decreased in 2 groups 2 weeks after enrollment (P < 0.05), but the experimental group was significantly decreased compared with the control group (P < 0.001). SF-12 quality of life scores were all higher than before (P < 0.001), but the experimental group was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.001). At follow-up, compared with 2 weeks after enrollment, WOMAC pain scores were increased (P < 0.001), WOMAC stiffness, joint function and standardized scores were decreased (P < 0.001), and SF-12 scores were increased (P < 0.001). Conclusion The use of spinal - pelvi-lower extremity line of traditional Chinese medicine bone-setting technique in the treatment of KOA is effective in improving the knee joint function and improving the quality of life of patients, but the short-term effect of pain relief is good, and the long-term effect is not good. Its safety is good, and it can be considered in clinical application for KOA patients with joint dysfunction as the main manifestation.

Key words: knee osteoarthritis, spine-pelvi-lower limb force line, manual therapy

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