Research Article

Therapeutic Effectiveness and Safety of Mesotherapy in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Table 2

Dynamic haemorheological changes from the time before treatment to the time after treatment.

Blood viscosityPlasma viscosityHematocrit
(%)
Fibrinogen
(g/L)
Platelet sticky rate (%)Erythrocyte aggregation index

Group A
Pretreatment5.6 ± 1.31.5 ± 0.443.7 ± 2.24.3 ± 0.950.0 ± 10.19.2 ± 4.8
Posttreatment4.9 ± 1.41.4 ± 0.642.1 ± 2.44.0 ± 1.048.5 ± 3.68.1 ± 4.7
p<0.05<0.01
Group B
Pretreatment5.4 ± 1.61.6 ± 0.142.3 ± 4.14.7 ± 1.351.4 ± 13.19.5 ± 3.6
Posttreatment4.2 ± 1.81.4 ± 0.240.1 ± 2.43.5 ± 1.433.6 ± 4.38.1 ± 4.2
p<0.05
Group A versus Group B
p>0.05
Acute phase
p<0.05<0.05
Chronic phase
p>0.05