Nonpharmacological factors influence pain relieving in knee osteoarthritis
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ใช้ยาระงับอาการปวด, ผู้ป่วยข้อเข่าเสื่อมAbstract
This prospective analytic study aims to identify nonpharmacological factors that influence pain relief and decreased dosing of analgesics or NSAIDS in 141 patients who were diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis from January 2006 to March 2006 in Lumphun hospital. The results were that quadriceps muscle strengthening exercise > 3 days/week and living in a downstairs bedroom had a statistically significant correlation to pain relief and decreased dosing of analgesics or NSAIDS taking (p<0.05). These results suggest that in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis patients should have a quadriceps muscle strengthening exercise program and live in downstairs bedrooms during the recovery period.
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