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| Title |
Rehabilitation for the management of knee osteoarthritis using comprehensive traditional Chinese medicine in community health centers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
Trials, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-14-367 |
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| Authors |
Hu Yan, Youxin Su, Lidian Chen, Guohua Zheng, Xueyi Lin, Baojun Chen, Bihong Zhou, Qing Zhang |
| Abstract |
It is becoming increasingly necessary for community health centers to make rehabilitation services available to patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. However, for a number of reasons, including a lack of expertise, the small size of community health centers and the availability of only simple medical equipment, conventional rehabilitation therapy has not been widely used in China. Consequently, most patients with knee osteoarthritis seek treatment in high-grade hospitals. However, many patients cannot manage the techniques that they were taught in the hospital. Methods such as acupuncture, tuina, Chinese medical herb fumigation-washing and t'ai chi are easy to do and have been reported to have curative effects in those with knee osteoarthritis. To date, there have been no randomized controlled trials validating comprehensive traditional Chinese medicine for the rehabilitation of knee osteoarthritis in a community health center. Furthermore, there is no standard rehabilitation protocol using traditional Chinese medicine for knee osteoarthritis. The aim of the current study is to develop a comprehensive rehabilitation protocol using traditional Chinese medicine for the management of knee osteoarthritis in a community health center. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| France | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 187 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 36 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 14% |
| Researcher | 14 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 27 | 14% |
| Unknown | 67 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 27 | 14% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 9% |
| Unknown | 76 | 40% |