Open Randomized Clinical Trial on JWSJZ Decoction for the Treatment of ALS Patients

Table 4

Comparison of SF-36 physical function (PF) sub-scale and mean distal limb muscle strength between JWSJZ group and control group before and after treatment (𝜒±𝑆).

Variable	𝑛		PF sub-scale			Distal limb muscle strength
	Before	After	Before	3 m	6 m	Before	3 m	6 m
JWSJZ	24	23	43.1 ± 5.2	42.4 ± 7.3	38.9 ± 4.9*	3.7 ± 0.5	3.7 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.7
Control	24	19	42.9 ± 4.9	42.3 ± 6.8	37.6 ± 7.7*	3.7 ± 0.7	3.6 ± 0.6	3.5 ± 0.4

JWSJZ: Jiawei Sijunzi decoction; PF sub-scale: physical function sub-scale; *𝑃<0.05 compared with before treatment for the same group.