The Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine Tonifying-Shen (Kidney) Principle for Primary Osteoporosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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(a) Effectiveness rates of different treatment methods included in the TS (TK) principle. (b) Effectiveness rates of different specific therapies included in TCM herbal medicine. (c) Effectiveness rates of different treatment periods. (d) BMD (lumbar spine) of different treatment periods. (e) BMD (proximal femur (femoral neck or total hip)) of different treatment periods. (f) Adverse effects. (g) TCM symptom integral. (h) VAS scores. Notes: the experimental group of Liu 2011 (2) was divided into 2 groups, respectively: Liu 2011 (2) and Liu 2011 (2); the experimental group of Liu 2011 (3) was divided into 2 groups, respectively: Liu 2011 (3) and Liu 2011 (3).

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