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Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Mechanistic insights into Sanbi Decoction for osteoarthritis treatment based on network pharmacology and experimental validation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Exploring the Potential Mechanisms of Zuo Gui Pill for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Techniques.Current pharmaceutical design · 2025Article
- Association between traditional Chinese Medicine and osteoarthritis outcome: A 5-year matched cohort study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Effect of Shi-Style Steaming and Bathing Decoction in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: Study Protocol for a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- Modulation of the vitamin D receptor by traditional Chinese medicines and bioactive compounds: potential therapeutic applications in VDR-dependent diseases.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
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- Mechanism of Astragali Radix for the treatment of osteoarthritis: A study based on network pharmacology and molecular docking.Medicine · 2022Article
- The Efficacy and Safety of Zhengqing Fengtongning for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- A Study on the Potential Mechanism of Shujin Dingtong Recipe against Osteoarthritis Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Integrated Serum Metabolomics and Network Pharmacology to Reveal the Interventional Effects of Quzhi Decoction against Osteoarthritis Pain.International journal of analytical chemistry · 2022Article
- Decompression Using Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Associated with Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Review.Pain and therapy · 2021Review
- Study on the potential active components and molecular mechanism of Xiao Huoluo Pills in the treatment of cartilage degeneration of knee osteoarthritis based on bioinformatics analysis and molecular docking technology.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Exploratory Compatibility Regularity of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Osteoarthritis Treatment: A Data Mining and Random Walk-Based Identification.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Shenjinhuoxue Mixture Attenuates Inflammation, Pain, and Cartilage Degeneration by Inhibiting TLR-4 and NF-Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Article
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Abstract
Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative disease of bone and joint characterized by the damage of articular cartilage and hypertonia, which often occurs in the middle-aged and elderly. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapy, including acupuncture (ACU), oral administration, and external use of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), can significantly improve the therapeutic effect on OA and reduce the occurrence of side effects. We provide a latest meta-analysis on the treatment of OA with TCM. Materials and Methods: In the electronic database, appropriate articles without language restrictions on keywords were selected until August 1, 2019. All trajectories are screened according to certain criteria. The quality of qualified research was also assessed. We have made a detailed record of the results of the measurement. Meta-analysis was carried out with Revman 5.3 software. Results: Forty-four articles involving 4014 patients (2012 cases in the experimental group and 2002 cases in the control group) with OA were selected. This article focuses on the study of the treatment of OA by using the general mode of TCM. The quality evaluation included in the study was evaluated independently according to the Cochrane intervention system evaluation manual. In this meta-analysis, 68.18% of the literature correctly described the conditions for the generation of random assignment sequences, only 6.82% of the literature correctly mentioned the hidden details of allocation, and all studies mentioned randomly assigned participants. Compared with Western medicine, the total effective rate (TER) of OA treatment in TCM was significantly increased and the recurrence rate (RR) was significantly decreased ( Conclusion: TCM therapy in treatment of patients with OA could effectively restore joint function, enhance the TER, and reduce RR. However, the results of this study should be handled with care due to the limitations existing. Some rigorous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are needed to confirm these findings.
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