Open AccessProgress in traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatments and nursing care of knee osteoarthritis
Author(s) -
Xiaohua Shen,
Chenju Yi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chinese nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2468-6972
pISSN - 2095-7718
DOI - 10.1016/j.cnre.2015.09.001
Subject(s) - osteoarthritis , medicine , traditional chinese medicine , western medicine , alternative medicine , disease , physical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , knee pain , traditional medicine , pathology
AbstractThis paper reviews the causes of knee osteoarthritis, traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapies and nursing research progress and indicates that traditional Chinese and Western medicine have gradually recognized the cause of knee osteoarthritis. Knee osteoarthritis has been treated with various treatments and nursing care planning, and the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine has constantly been improved. Nurses should instruct the discharged patient to correctly treat their disease, adopt the health education, and, via the establishment of a healthy lifestyle, insist on a functional exercise to relieve the pain, delay disease progression, and improve quality of life