Effect of strong medicines "Gu Bi Fang"combine quadriceps exercise on knee osteoarthritis
MEI Qi-jie
YUAN Chang-shen
DUAN Kan
SUN Lin
GUO Jin-rong
WEN Hao
ZHAO Wei-feng
Abstract：Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect and safety of strong medicines hyperthermia treatment and combine quadriceps exercise for knee osteoarthritis .Methods There were 60 cases enrolled , they were divided into A , B, C, D group.Patients in group A were given strong medicines hyperthermia treatment; patients in group B were given hyperthermia treatment and combine the correct quadriceps exercise;patients in group C were given quadriceps exercise , patients in group D were given NSAIDs drug and combine the correct quadriceps exercise .Hyperthermia treatment was twice a day.Correct quadriceps exercise was 3 times a day.VAS, Lequesne index, clinical efficacy of Chinese medicine were compared after two or eight week.Results VAS value decreased after treatment in each group , especially group B, D. There were significantly different among grup B , D and group A, C (all P<0.05).Lequesne index in group B was higher than that in goup A, C, D.killing pain effect in group A, B were less than that in goup C, D(all P<0.05).hyperther-mia treatment had the vantage of anti-swelling; correct quadriceps exercise can effectively improve the range of motion of joints .Conclusion Strong medicines hyperthermia treatment combine quadriceps exercise can alleviate the symptom effec -tively, improve the joint's function of knee osteoarthritis patients .
Keywords：osteoarthritiskneehyperthermia treatmentexercise therapy
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 16-18 )