Comparative study of the effect of Thymus daenensis gel 5% and diclofenac in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Background: Osteoarthritis is a syndrome characterized by joint pain and reduced performance and efficien- cy in patient. Thymus daenensis has been used since old times for the treatment of bone and joint deformities and pain in traditional medicine. Purpose: This study was conducted to examine traditional usages and pharmacological features of T. daen- ensis with respect to the effect of the plant in patients with osteoarthritis. Methods: 120 patients with osteoarthritis were divided into 3 groups. Patients in each group were treated by 5% Thymus daenensis gel, 1% diclofenac gel, or placebo for 6 weeks, along with oral celecoxib capsules. Patients were assessed in different intervals, based on the VAS score for assessment of pain in the joint and different dimensions of WOMAC questionnaire. Results: Pain level (P < 0.005), stiffness during the day (P < 0.05), morning stiffness (P < 0.05) and physi- cal performance (P < 0.05) were significantly different among the groups. Conclusions: Thymus daenensis gel improves the symptoms in patients equal and without significant difference than diclofenac group. It can be argued that its use can produce a satisfactory effect on patients with osteoarthritis due to its low cost, easy access, the plant’s natively occurring in Iran..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

BioMedicine - 9(2019), 2, p 9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dehghan Morteza [VerfasserIn]
Asgharian Shirin [VerfasserIn]
Khalesi Elena [VerfasserIn]
Ahmadi Ali [VerfasserIn]
Lorigooini Zahra [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Celecoxib
Clinical trial
Diclofenac
Knee osteoarthritis
Medicine
R
Thymus daenensis gel

doi:

10.1051/bmdcn/2019090209

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ048163619