Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Benjakul Remedy Extract for Treating Primary Osteoarthritis of Knee Compared with Diclofenac: Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 4
The efficacy outcome of Benjakul recipe and diclofenac.
Follow-up
Treatments
BJK recipe
Diclofenac
Visual analogue scale (VAS) (mm.)
Day 0
31.02 (21.54)
36.05 (22.69)
Day 14
30.3 (27.22)
22.31
Day 28
20.97 (23.01)
19.03
100-meter walking time (second)
Day 0
124.19 (24.31)
131.6 (33.56)
Day 14
118.35 (24.55)
120
Day 28
119.05 (23.07)
125 (24.44)
WOMAC index score
Pain index
Day 0
16.19 (7.16)
18.69 (7.06)
Day 14
14.65 (9.37)
13.54
Day 28
10.38
10.89
Stiff index
Day 0
5.4 (3.47)
7.48 (5.08)
Day 14
4.93 (4.15)
5.3
Day 28
3.79
4.34
Physical function index
Day 0
49.73 (19.93)
59.8 (26.19)
Day 14
45.92 (26.73)
42.79
Day 28
31.84
34.63
Total score
Day 0
71.49 (27.64)
85.68 (35.5)
Day 14
65.79 (39.2)
60.87
Day 28
46.32
49.87
represent mean (SD), analysis: U test. For all within group statistical analysis: Repeated Measure ANOVA. difference from day 0 within group ( value < 0.05), difference from day 0 within group ( value ≤ 0.01), and difference from day 0 within group ( value ≤ 0.001).
