Chinese electric iron treatment of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly efficacy.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Chinese electric iron treatment of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly efficacy [Keywords:] of knee osteoarthritis, iron law, electrotherapy, Voltaren Knee osteoarthritis is a common and frequently-occurring disease in the elderly, the clinical to the knee pain, swelling and joint movement disorder as the main clinical manifestations, seriously affecting the patient’s daily life and work. At present, modern medical treatment of the disease the main application non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics and oral administration of adrenal cortex hormones and other drugs for external use, although able to alleviate the symptoms, but serious adverse reactions, long-term use in patients with difficult to tolerate .2005 September -2007 In May, I applied self electric iron in the prescription treatment of 50 patients with knee osteoarthritis, treatment with Voltaren as control, we now observe the results reported below. 1 Clinical data 1.1 General Information 80 patients for the September 2005 -2007 hospital on May rheumatology outpatient cases. Using random number table, randomly divided into Chinese electric iron group (treatment group) and Voltaren (control group). The treatment group, 50 patients, 21 males and 29 females, aged 42 to 64 years, mean 57.5 years, the shortest course of disease, 6 months, the longest 18 years, with an average of 3.8 years. control group of 30 patients, 12 males and 18 females, age of 41 to 63 years, mean 57.2 years, the shortest course of disease in 5 months, the longest 18 years, with an average of 3.5 years .2 group sex, age, disease duration, the difference was not significant (Pgt; 0.05), with comparable sex. 1.2 Diagnostic criteria Under the 1986 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) proposed diagnostic criteria for osteoarthritis of the knee developed [1]: ① 1 month before treatment have knee pain most of the time, ② osteophyte formation, ③ joint fluid examination found bone