This research project applies a combination of blood stasis relieving and pain relieving formula and lymphatic drainage technique to treat patients with cold dampness obstruction type knee joint pain. The improvement of knee joint pain scores and activity function as well as the degree of soft tissue swelling changes are observed before and after receiving this therapy providing certain ideas for the comprehensive treatment optimization and prognosis judgment of cold dampness obstruction type knee joint pain.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
Xiaoyu Zhitong Formula: 10g of long pepper, 10g of cloves, 10g of borneol, 10g of papaya, 10g of white peony, 10g of licorice, 15g of chicken blood vine, 10g psoralen, 10g of cistanche, powdered petroleum jelly, wrapped in gauze and heated and applied to the affected area. Freehand lymphatic drainage technique: the patient is in the supine position, first use the thumb to press the deep lymph nodes of the trunk for 3-5 min, which are lymph nodes in the groin, neck, lumbosacral spine and supraclavicular fossa, and then perform freehand lymphatic drainage at the lymphatic vessels or superficial lymph nodes, according to the clockwise circle method, all the way to the outside of the thigh, and then to the lateral malleolus of the calf, and then press the medial malleolus of the inner calf to the inner thigh. 20min each time, 1 time every other day. 3 times a week for a total of 9 treatments for 3 weeks.
External application of Diclofenac Diethylamine Emulgel（Manufacturer: Switzerland,Haleon CH SARL） combined with lymphatic drainage technique for treatment，Freehand lymphatic drainage technique: the patient is in the supine position, first use the thumb to press the deep lymph nodes of the trunk for 3-5 min, which are lymph nodes in the groin, neck, lumbosacral spine and supraclavicular fossa, and then perform freehand lymphatic drainage at the lymphatic vessels or superficial lymph nodes, according to the clockwise circle method, all the way to the outside of the thigh, and then to the lateral malleolus of the calf, and then press the medial malleolus of the inner calf to the inner thigh. 20min each time, 1 time every other day. 3 times a week for a total of 9 treatments for 3 weeks.
Science and Education Department of Changping District Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital Beijing.No. 219 Huangping Road Huoying Changping District Beijing
Beijing, China
Visual Analogue Score
This method is relatively sensitive and comparable. The specific method is to draw a 10 cm horizontal line on the paper with one end of the line marked as 0 indicating no pain; The other end is 10 indicating severe pain; The middle part represents varying degrees of pain. Ask the patient to draw a mark on the horizontal line based on their own feelings to indicate the degree of pain. The pain score is determined by measuring the length of the mark from the 0 point is the pain score.Quantitative score: A higher score indicates a worse outcome, with 0 being no pain and 10 being the most painful.
Time frame: Before treatment and at 1 2 3 and 6 weeks after treatment.
Width of soft tissue around joints
Use a tape measure to measure and record at the same position on the knee joint.A lower value indicates a better outcome.
Time frame: Before treatment and at 1, 2, 3, and 6 weeks after treatment.
Lysholm knee score scale
Quantitative scoring: Higher scores indicate better outcomes and fewer symptoms or disabilities. Qualitative scoring:A score of 95 or above is excellent, 94-85 is good, 84-65 is acceptable, and less than 65 is poor.
Time frame: Before treatment and at 1, 2, 3, and 6 weeks after treatment.
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