Clinical Observation of Blood-activating and Stasis-removing Therapy in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Objective:To evaluate the effect of Danhong Injection in treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis.Meth-ods:72 knee osteoarthritis patients were collected and were equally randomized into treatment group and control group.The treatment group was given Danhong Injection,and the control group was treated with glucosamine hydrochloride for five weeks.Visual analog scale(VAS) was used to assess the degree of joint pain,KSS score was applied to assess the knee function,and SF-36 scale was used to evaluate the quality of life.Results:All of patients were followed up.After treatment for two weeks,knee pain was relieved and joint function was improved in both of the treatment group and control group,and the differences of VAS score and KSS score were significant between the two groups(P0.05).After treatment for 5 weeks,the differences of VAS score and KSS score were insignificant between the two groups(P 0.05).The score of each items of SF-36 in the two groups after treatment for 5 weeks differed from that before treatment(P 0.05).Conclusion: Danhong Injection exerts satisfactory and quick effect in treatment of knee osteoarthritis patients by relieving knee pain,im-proving knee function and the quality of life.