Effects of Warm Acupuncture Combined with Meloxicam and Comprehensive Nursing on Pain Improvement and Joint Function in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 3

Comparison of clinical efficacy among the three groups.

Group	n	Significant effect	Effective	Invalid	Total effective rate
CG	27	11	10	6	21 (77.78)
TCMG	27	13	9	5	22 (81.48)
JG	27	22	4	1	26 (96.30)
χ^20					0.310
P0					>0.05
χ^21					9.810
P1					<0.05
χ^22					6.904
P2					<0.05

Note. χ²0, P0: the comparison between the CG and the TCMG; χ²1, P1: the comparison between the CG and the JG; χ²2, P2: the comparison between the TCMG and the JG.