Clinical Practice Guidelines in Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation—Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) seriously affects the activity ability and quality of life of patients. Referring to the KOA guidelines both at home and abroad, and combining the evidence-based medicine, disease and patient status, clinical characteristics, as well as the characteristics of Chinese and We...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editorial Office of Rehabilitation Medicine
2020-06-01
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| Series: | 康复学报 |
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| Online Access: | http://kfxb.publish.founderss.cn/thesisDetails#10.3724/SP.J.1329.2020.03003 |
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| Summary: | Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) seriously affects the activity ability and quality of life of patients. Referring to the KOA guidelines both at home and abroad, and combining the evidence-based medicine, disease and patient status, clinical characteristics, as well as the characteristics of Chinese and Western medicine rehabilitation specialty, this study proposes KOA rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines suitable for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. The guidelines embody the characteristics and advantages of syndrome differentiation and treatment. The contents are mainly based on the principles of evidence-based medicine and the classification criteria of Chinese and Western medicine literature, combined with expert consensus, expert demonstration, peer consultation and clinical evaluation, and compiled according to the rules of clinical diagnosis and treatment guidelines. The guidelines standardize the process of rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment of KOA. The rehabilitation assessment is divided into three parts: general evaluation, local evaluation of knee joint and commonly used evaluation scale of knee joint. The treatment is divided into fire parts: basic treatment, traditional Chinese medicine and physiotherapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs treatment, intra-articular injection therapy and surgical treatment. The indications and inferences of various treatment methods are elaborated. Recommendation level is designed to provide rehabilitation guidance and reference for clinicians in rehabilitation department, orthopaedics and traumatology department of traditional Chinese medicine, orthopaedics of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion department, massage department, rheumatism and Immunology department. The guidelines have an advantage of good clinical applicability, safety and validity. |
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| ISSN: | 2096-0328 |