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Traditional Chinese Medicine offers potential benefits in post-TKA pain management

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September 2013

Traditional Chinese Medicine offers potential benefits in post-TKA pain management

Vol: 2| Issue: 8| Number:18| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Randomized Trial
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Compare the traditional chinese medicine manipulation with rehabilitation on in-patients after total knee arthroplasty

J Arthroplasty. 2013 Jun;28(6):954-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.07.045. Epub 2013 Apr 18

Contributing Authors:
TH Yang WL Yeh HY Chen YF Chen KC Ni KH Lee

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45 patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty were randomized into one of three groups to determine the impact of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practices in the management of immediate postoperative pain. One group was treated with a postoperative protocol that included TCM alone, one group was treated with a protocol that included both TCM and standard rehabilitation, and a control group...

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