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

Table 4

Comparison of improvement time of clinical symptoms among the three groups.

Group	n	Improvement time of clinical symptoms/d
		Knee pain	Swelling	Activity limitation
CG	27	15.44 ± 1.12	8.96 ± 0.81	19.59 ± 1.12
TCMG	27	14.96 ± 0.85	8.48 ± 1.05	18.44 ± 1.12
JG	27	8.93 ± 0.78	5.93 ± 0.83	10.89 ± 0.85
t0		1.775	1.887	3.768
P0		>0.05	>0.05	<0.05
t1		24.790	13.640	32.230
P1		<0.05	<0.05	<0.05
t2		27.110	9.920	27.940
P2		<0.05	<0.05	<0.05

Note. T0, P0: the comparison between the CG and the TCMG; T1, P1: the comparison between the CG and the JG; T2, P2, the comparison between the TCMG and the JG.