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Clinical Study of Acupotomy for Knee Osteoarthritis Based on the Meridian-Sinew Theory: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Table 1
Demographic information and TCM constitutions of the MS and anatomy groups.
| | Group | Total number | MS (patients (%)) | Anatomy (patients (%)) | χ2 | |
| | Age (year) | 60 | 41 | 25 (44.6) | 31 (55.4) | 1.722 | 0.189 | | >60 | 83 | 26 (57.8) | 19 (42.2) |
| | Gender | Man | 41 | 23 (56.1) | 18 (43.9) | 0.686 | 0.407 | | Woman | 83 | 40 (48.2) | 43 (51.8) |
| | Constitutional type | Yin-Yang harmony | 44 | 23 (52.3) | 21 (47.7) | 0.511 | 0.774 | | Yang deficiency | 43 | 20 (46.5) | 23 (53.5) | | Others | 37 | 20 (54.1) | 17 (45.9) |
| | Knee joint degeneration | Left knee | 31 | 17 (54.8) | 14 (45.2) | 0.024 | 0.988 | | Right knee | 41 | 22 (53.7) | 19 (46.3) | | Both knees | 19 | 10 (52.6) | 9 (47.4) |
| | Age at first onset | 60 | 68 | 35 (51.5) | 33 (48.5) | 0.535 | 0.465 | | >60 | 25 | 15 (60.0) | 10 (40.0) |
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MS, meridian-sinew; TCM, traditional Chinese medicine. |
