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Trial reportCombinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening2024

Clinical and Animal Studies of Waist and Knee Scraping Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis.

Qianhong Jin, Mingrui Chen, Jing Kong, Dandan Chen, Xuan Wu, Xiaoqing Shi, Lishi Jie, Likai Yu, Sha Li, Zhengxiang Dai

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Qianhong JinNursing College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0009-0001-6772-7285
Mingrui ChenNanjing Foreign Language School, Jiangsu, China.
Jing KongNursing College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.
Dandan ChenNursing College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.
Xuan WuNursing College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaoqing ShiThe First Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.
Lishi JieThe First Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.
Likai YuThe First Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.
Sha LiInfection Management Office, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.
Zhengxiang DaiInfection Management Office, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu, China.

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Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund YB201911Nanjing Agricultural University SZLHLA-1901
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Abstract

backgroundKnee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a degenerative condition with knee pain as the main clinical manifestation. Scraping is one of the commonly used traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods, which activates blood circulation, removes blood stasis, reduces inflammation, and so on. Although scholars have proposed that the synergistic treatment of the waist and knee for KOA is superior to simple knee treatment, there is no relevant reference literature on the application of scraping therapy. Therefore, this study aims to explore the effectiveness and potential mechanisms of waist and knee scraping therapy for treating KOA through clinical and animal studies in order to promote its clinical application.

objectiveTo explore the clinical efficacy of waist and knee scraping therapy in the treatment of KOA from clinical study and increase animal study on this basis to preliminarily explore its mechanism, providing an objective basis for better treatment of KOA.

methodsThe clinical study recruited 90 KOA patients and divided them into a control group, a knee scraping group, and a waist and knee scraping group using a random number table method. All patients were evaluated for clinical efficacy, the Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), and Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Score. The KOA rat model was established using the Hulth method. The rats were randomly divided into a control group, KOA group, waist scraping group, knee scraping group, and waist and knee scraping group. During the intervention process of rats, the pain sensitivity threshold was measured, and HE staining was performed on the synovium and cartilage. The protein and mRNA expression levels of TNF-α, IL- 1β, IL-6, PGP9.5, SP and TRPA1, TRPV4, SP, and NGF were measured by Western blot and real-time PCR.

resultsIn the clinical study, the clinical efficacy of the 2 scraping groups was significantly higher than that of the control group. The clinical efficacy of the waist and knee scraping group on the 60th day of treatment was significantly higher than that of the knee scraping group. In terms of improving WOMAC scores, all 3 groups had significance; The function and total score of the waist and knee scraping group on the 28th day of treatment, as well as the pain, function, and total score on the 60th day, were lower than those of the knee scraping group. In terms of improving pain while standing, pain when walking on flat ground, and total score, the scraping group had significant differences. The score of heavy limbs in the waist and knee scraping group was lower than that in the knee scraping group. In an animal study, during the 4th week after modeling, there were differences in the pain sensitivity threshold between the KOA group and the waist scraping group compared to the control group, while there were differences in the pain sensitivity threshold between the knee scraping group and the waist and knee scraping group compared to the KOA group. The expression levels of various proteins and genes in the KOA group and waist scraping group increased compared to the control group; The knee scraping group and the waist and knee scraping group were lower than those in the KOA group.

conclusionScraping therapy can significantly alleviate knee joint pain and stiffness, improve joint function, and improve clinical efficacy, and the short-term and long-term effects of waist and knee scraping therapy are more significant. The scraping therapy has a definite therapeutic effect on KOA rats, which can improve the threshold of cold hyperalgesia and mechanical hyperalgesia, and the waist and knee scraping therapy is more obvious. This may be related to reducing inflammatory reactions in synovial and ganglion tissues.

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Disease Models, AnimalMedicine, Chinese TraditionalOsteoarthritis, KneeAgedAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRatsRats, Sprague-Dawleyanimal studyclinical studyinflammatory factorKnee osteoarthritispain.waist and knee scraping therapy

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