Author(s)

Zike He, Kaifei He, Shangzeng Wang

Corresponding Author

Shangzeng Wang

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine orthopedic rehabilitation in the treatment of senile osteoarthritis. Methods: 640 elderly patients with osteoarthritis were randomly divided into control group and observation group. The patients in the control group were treated with celecoxib capsules. The patients with neonates were treated with traditional Chinese medicine orthopedic rehabilitation. The clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared. The pain and functional recovery were evaluated by VAS and JOY scores. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in VAS and JOY scores between the two groups (P>0.05). The VAS and JOY scores of the New Zealand patients were significantly better than those of the control group (P<0.05). The total effective rate of patients with neonatal observation was 93.3%, which was better than that of the control group (70.0%). The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: The effect of traditional Chinese medicine orthopedic rehabilitation on senile osteoarthritis is better than that of celecoxib alone. It is worthy of clinical application.

Keywords

Osteoarthritis; traditional Chinese medicine orthopedic rehabilitation; moxibustion; massage; Chinese medicine fumigation