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SynthesisPloS one2017

The Effects of Traditional Chinese Exercise in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Yingjie Zhang, Lulu Huang, Youxin Su, Zhengxuan Zhan, Yanan Li, Xingquan Lai

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Synthesis in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yingjie ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1 Qiuyang Road, Shangjie, Minhou, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Lulu HuangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1 Qiuyang Road, Shangjie, Minhou, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Youxin SuDepartment of Traumatology and Orthopedics College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1 Qiuyang Road, Shangjie, Minhou, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Zhengxuan ZhanDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1 Qiuyang Road, Shangjie, Minhou, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Yanan LiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1 Qiuyang Road, Shangjie, Minhou, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Xingquan LaiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No.1 Qiuyang Road, Shangjie, Minhou, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsTraditional Chinese exercise (TCE) includes a variety of exercise, which is being accepted by more and more people in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA) from different countries. With the attendant, many clinical reports focus on it. Our meta-analysis aimed to systematically assess the effects of traditional Chinese exercise on pain, stiffness, physical function, quality of life, mental health and adverse events in people with knee osteoarthritis.

methodsPubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), the Web of Science, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) were searched from the time of their inception through April 2016 and risk of bias was independently assessed by two authors. Outcome measures included pain, physical functional, joint stiffness, quality of life, mental health and safety. For pooled outcomes, standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated.

resultsEight randomized controlled trials with a sample size of 375 cases met the criteria to be included in the study indicating that high quality literature is lacking in this field. Results of the meta-analysis showed that short-term TCE could relieve pain (SMD: -0.77;95% CI: -1.13 to -0.41; P<0.0001), improve physical function (SMD -0.75; 95% CI: -0.98 to -0.52; P<0.00001), and alleviate stiffness (SMD: -0.56; 95%: CI -0.96 to -0.16; P<0.006), but had no significant effect on quality of life (SMD: 0.57; 95% CI: 0.17 to 0.97; P = 0.005), and mental health (SMD 4.12; 95% CI: -0.50 to 8.73; P = 0.08). Moreover, TCE was not associated with serious adverse events.

conclusionsOur systematic review revealed that short-term TCE was potentially beneficial in terms of reducing pain, improving physical function and alleviating stiffness. These results may suggest that TCE could prove useful as an adjuvant treatment for patients with knee OA. Further studies are urgently needed to confirm these results.

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyMedicine, Chinese TraditionalAgedFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedMind-Body TherapiesMuscle StrengthOsteoarthritis, KneeQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRange of Motion, ArticularRecovery of FunctionTreatment Outcome

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PMID28121996
PMCPMC5266306
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