| Progress on integrated Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of osteoarthritis. | |
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PMID: 20697952 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disease of the joints caused by wide variety of factors. factors. This paper provides a review of the clinical and experimental research on integrated Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Western medicine in the treatment of osteoarthritis. (1) Clinical research: integrated Chinese and Western medicine therapies were used including physiotherapy, medications, acupuncture, functional training, intra-articular injection of sodium hyaluronate therapy, and arthroscopic debridement with Chinese medicine articular iontophoresis therapy. articular iontophoresis therapy. (2) Experimental research: modern methods were used in studying the mechanism of Chinese medicine in slowing down cartilage degeneration, promoting articular cartilage repair, inhibiting synovial inflammation, and blocking cartilage destruction. inflammation, and blocking cartilage destruction. In addition, this article also reviews the advantages, prospects, and problems of the therapies. and problems of the therapies. |
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He-ming Wang; Jun-ning Liu; Yi Zhao |
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2010-08-10 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Chinese journal of integrative medicine Volume: 16 ISSN: 1672-0415 ISO Abbreviation: Chin J Integr Med Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
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Created Date: 2010-08-10 Completed Date: 2010-11-26 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101181180 Medline TA: Chin J Integr Med Country: China |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 378-84 Citation Subset: IM |
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Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou 350108, China. whm27@163.com |
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Humans Integrative Medicine / trends* Medicine, Chinese Traditional / trends* Osteoarthritis / therapy* |
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