Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in treating knee osteoarthritis
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a degenerative disease, making a unique contribution to chronic pain, edema, and limited mobility of knee joint. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a common complementary therapy for KOA and has been found effective. The aim of this review is to consolidate the curren...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1451272023-02-28T16:58:55Z Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in treating knee osteoarthritis Wang, Mina Liu, Lu Zhang, Claire Shuiqing Liao, Zehuan Jing, Xianghong Fishers, Marc Zhao, Luopeng Xu, Xiaobai Li, Bin School of Biological Sciences Science::Biological sciences Knee Osteoarthritis Acupuncture Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a degenerative disease, making a unique contribution to chronic pain, edema, and limited mobility of knee joint. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a common complementary therapy for KOA and has been found effective. The aim of this review is to consolidate the current knowledge about the mechanism of four interventions of TCM: acupuncture, moxibustion, herbs, and massage in treating KOA, and how they alleviate symptoms such as pain, swelling, and dysfunction. Furthermore, this review highlights that four therapies have different mechanisms but all of them can manage KOA through inhibiting inflammation, which indicates that alternative therapies should be considered as a viable complementary treatment for pain management in clinical practice. Published version 2020-12-14T00:51:49Z 2020-12-14T00:51:49Z 2020 Journal Article Wang, M., Liu, L., Zhang, C. S., Liao, Z., Jing, X., Fishers, M. . . . Li, B. (2020). Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in treating knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Pain Research, 13, 1421-1429. doi:10.2147/JPR.S247827 1178-7090 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145127 10.2147/JPR.S247827 32606908 13 1421 1429 en Journal of Pain Research © 2020 Wang et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution–Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). application/pdf |
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Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a degenerative disease, making a unique contribution to chronic pain, edema, and limited mobility of knee joint. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a common complementary therapy for KOA and has been found effective. The aim of this review is to consolidate the current knowledge about the mechanism of four interventions of TCM: acupuncture, moxibustion, herbs, and massage in treating KOA, and how they alleviate symptoms such as pain, swelling, and dysfunction. Furthermore, this review highlights that four therapies have different mechanisms but all of them can manage KOA through inhibiting inflammation, which indicates that alternative therapies should be considered as a viable complementary treatment for pain management in clinical practice. |
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