PMID: 22577713May 15, 2012Paper

Case-control study on therapeutic effects between bone-setting and herbal fumigation for the treatment of the obsolete malleolus joint sprains

Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology
Jun-Hai LiHu Huang

Abstract

To compare the clinical effects of bone-setting technique and herbal fumigation for the treatment of the obsolete malleolus joint sprains. From March 2008 to May 2011, 76 patients were divided into treatment group (39 cases) and control group (37 cases). In the treatment group: 15 males and 24 females; the age ranged from 20 to 59 years with an average of (42.97 +/- 9.21) years; the course of disease ranged from 1 to 60 months; the average score of ankle joint function was (71.27 +/- 4.50). In the control group: 11 males and 26 females; the age ranged from 25 to 57 years with an average of (41.29 +/- 8.77) years; the course of disease ranged from 1 to 36 months with an average of (8.47 +/- 7.37) months; the average score of ankle joint function was (71.45 +/- 4.61). The patients in the treatment group were treated with bone-setting technique two times a week, and the patients in the control group were treated with herbal fumigation once a day. The ankle joint function scores and treatment effects of the two groups were compared after 3 weeks by using Baird-Jackson ankle function score. After 3 weeks of the treatment, the average score of ankle joint function of the treatment group was (93.44 +/- 4.91), and in the control group ...Continue Reading

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