Warm needling moxibustion plus functional exercises for knee osteoarthritis

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Warm needling moxibustion plus functional exercises for knee osteoarthritis

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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2016), Zhang Kai-yong;Yang Yang;Shou Yin;Xu Si-wei;Jiang Hui-ru;Zhang Bi-meng.

Abstract

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA), also known as degenerative KOA, is a type of chronic joint disease featured by degeneration and damage of cartilage of the knee and subsequent bone hyperplasia. KOA is majorly manifested by morning stiffness, swelling and painful joint, bone crepitation, and dysfunction...In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), KOA belongs to the scope of bone Bi-impediment or Bi-impediment syndrome...We adopted warm needling moxibustion plus functional exercises to treat KOA.

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J Acupunct Tuina Sci

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1/1/2017

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English|Chinese

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Journal Article

issn

1672-3597

issue

6

page end

415

page start

412

volume

14

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