Research Article
Effect of the Herbal Drug Guilu Erxian Jiao on Muscle Strength, Articular Pain, and Disability in Elderly Men with Knee Osteoarthritis
Table 2
Changes in muscle strength, VAS, and Lequesne index scores from baseline to 12 weeks in the non-GEJ-treated group and the GEJ-treated group.
| Variables | Non-GEJ-treated group () | GEJ-treated group () | -value | Median | | | Median | | |
| Incremental changes in muscle strength | | | | | | | | PeakTQ-ext-nondominant (Nm) | 2.10 | −4.80 | 14.30 | 17.70 | 3.90 | 28.20 | 0.090 | PeakTQ-ext-dominant (Nm) | 4.60 | −1.60 | 11.70 | 14.80 | 3.30 | 23.20 | 0.105 | PeakTQ-flex-nondominant (Nm) | 3.30 | −3.40 | 8.20 | 2.90 | −1.20 | 10.20 | 0.308 | PeakTQ-flex-dominant (Nm) | 3.70 | −1.40 | 8.80 | 2.80 | −2.40 | 10.60 | 0.870 | TQ/BW-ext-nondominant (ft·lb/lb) | 4.70 | −2.60 | 26.60 | 29.70 | 6.90 | 51.30 | 0.080 | TQ/BW-ext-dominant (ft·lb/lb) | 6.10 | −2.90 | 20.40 | 29.30 | 6.00 | 37.30 | 0.063 | TQ/BW-flex-nondominant (ft·lb/lb) | 5.20 | −6.00 | 11.60 | 4.90 | −1.80 | 17.90 | 0.308 | TQ/BW-flex-dominant (ft·lb/lb) | 6.20 | −2.50 | 12.70 | 4.80 | −3.70 | 16.40 | 0.811 | Levels of muscle strength of the two groups pre- and posttreatment | | | | | | | | TQ/BW-ext-dominant-pretreatment (ft·lb/lb) | 34.80 | 18.20 | 77.10 | 57.80 | 27.40 | 82.40 | 0.365 | TQ/BW-ext-dominant-posttreatment (ft·lb/lb) | 50.20 | 26.50 | 70.00 | 87.10 | 58.90 | 99.40 | 0.012* | TQ/BW-flex-dominant-pretreatment (ft·lb/lb) | 25.50 | 17.90 | 46.10 | 37.30 | 24.20 | 53.80 | 0.204 | TQ/BW-flex-dominant-posttreatment (ft·lb/lb) | 27.50 | 18.30 | 52.30 | 47.50 | 38.20 | 58.60 | 0.045* | Decremental change of visual analog pain scale score | 0.00 | −1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.001** | Decremental change of Lequesne index score | −1.00 | −3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 0.0003** | (I) change of pain or discomfort | 0.00 | −1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.002** | (II) change of maximum distance walked | 0.00 | −1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.003** | (III) change of activities of daily living | 0.00 | −1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.025* |
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Mann-Whitney test; * < 0.05, ** < 0.01.
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