Clinical Efficacy of Mudpack Therapy in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of mudpack therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis and identify the likely factors associated with the high heterogeneity of combined studies.

Design

The Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched for randomized controlled trials in which mudpack therapy was used to treat knee osteoarthritis.

Results

Ten publications that reported the results from a total of 1010 subjects were included in this meta-analysis. Meta-analysis of improvement in joint function at the final follow-up visit suggested, given that the follow-up time was less than 4 mos, that the combined effect size of four studies was -0.30 (-0.62 to 0.02) and the difference did not reach the

SUBMITTER: Xiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704659 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature