Evaluation of therapeutic effects of reinforcing kidney and activating blood circulation method on knee osteoarthritis by means of ultrasonography

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1002-7386.2017.17.005

Abstract：Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effects of reinforcing kidney and activating blood circulation method on knee osteoarthritis by means of ultrasonography.Methods Sixty patients with knee osteoarthritis who were admitted and treated in our hospital from December 2012 to September 2015 were randomly divided into observation group (n=60) and control gropup (n=60).The patients in observation group were treated by TCM methods,however, the other 60 patients in control gropup were treated by western medicines.Then the changes of knee osteoarthritis, pain score and knee joint diameter before and after treatment were observed and compared between two groups by means of musculoskeletal ultrasonography.Results The results by ultrasonography showed that knee joint effusion extent extent, synovial membrane thickness and knee joint diameter after treatment were significantly decreased,as compared with those before treatment (P<0.05).The aches-and-pains indexes and inflammatory indexes were obviously improved after treatment (P<0.05), moreover,which in observation group were superior to those in control group (P<0.05).Conclusion During the treatment of knee osteoarthritis,to use musculoskeletal ultrasonography can assess accurately the rehabilitation status of knee joint function, knee joint diameter, knee joint effusion extent and synovial membrane thickness,and then can evaluate accurately the therapeutic effects.Thus musculoskeletal ultrasonography plays an important role in observing the changes of knee arthritis,with important diagnostic value, therefor, which is worth using widely in clinical practice.