Efficacy and Safety of Sahastara Remedy Extract Capsule in Primary Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Double-Blinded Active-Controlled Trial

Table 3

Experimental results of Sahastara ethanolic extract and diclofenac.

Data	Follow-up	Treatment		value
		Sahastara (n = 32)	Diclofenac (n = 31)
Walk 100 meters
Knee pain levels: VAS (mm)	Day 0	57.84 (2.19)	54.61 (14.50)	0.28^m
	Day 14	46.12 (2.57)^††	41.09 (11.01)	0.82^m
	Day 28	36.46 (10.90)^††	29.77 (8.86)^††	0.01^m
100 meters walk (seconds)	Day 0	138.86 (40.38)	130.41 (5.96)	0.44^m
	Day 14	129.37 (29.28)	120.70 (4.14)^†	0.11^m
	Day 28	122.65 (26.46)^†	111.51 (3.83)^†	0.13^m
WOMAC index scores
Pain index	Day 0	8.25 (2.21)	7.64 (3.02)	0.23^m
	Day 14	5.93 (2.52)^††	5.61 (2.4)^†	0.64^m
	Day 28	3.81 (2.05)^††	3.51 (1.94)^††	0.63^m
Stiffness index	Day 0	1.75 (1.81)	1.69 (1.81)	0.83^m
	Day 14	0.7 (1.34)^†	0.57 (1.11)^††	0.44^m
	Day 28	0.09 (0.39)^††	0.09 (0.34)^††	0.64^m
Physical function index	Day 0	32.53 (8.8)	31.66 (9.8)	044^m
	Day 14	24.87 (9.02)^††	24.87 (9.02)^††	0.19^m
	Day 28	17.65 (7.78)^††	16.92 (7.6)^††	0.51^m
Total score	Day 0	42.53 (1.88)	40.06 (14.22)	0.27^m
	Day 14	32.96 (1.97)^††	28.61 (11.41)^††	0.21^m
	Day 28	21.93 (1.75)^††	19.77 (8.75)^††	0.37^m

Data represent mean (SD). ^∗∗Statistical analysis. ^mMann–Whitney U test. For all within group statistical analysis: repeated measure ANOVA. ^†Significant difference from day 0 within the group (); ^††significant difference from day 0 within the group ().