title: [Case-control study on therapeutic effects between bone-setting and herbal fumigation for the treatment of the obsolete malleolus joint sprains].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical effects of bone-setting technique and herbal fumigation for the treatment of the obsolete malleolus joint sprains.
  
  
  METHODS
  From March 2008 to May 2011, 76 patients were divided into treatment group (39 cases) and control group (37 cases). In the treatment group: 15 males and 24 females; the age ranged from 20 to 59 years with an average of (42.97 +/- 9.21) years; the course of disease ranged from 1 to 60 months; the average score of ankle joint function was (71.27 +/- 4.50). In the control group: 11 males and 26 females; the age ranged from 25 to 57 years with an average of (41.29 +/- 8.77) years; the course of disease ranged from 1 to 36 months with an average of (8.47 +/- 7.37) months; the average score of ankle joint function was (71.45 +/- 4.61). The patients in the treatment group were treated with bone-setting technique two times a week, and the patients in the control group were treated with herbal fumigation once a day. The ankle joint function scores and treatment effects of the two groups were compared after 3 weeks by using Baird-Jackson ankle function score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After 3 weeks of the treatment, the average score of ankle joint function of the treatment group was (93.44 +/- 4.91), and in the control group was (85.8 +/- 16.57), the difference has statistical significance. The treatment group score was better than that of the control group. Before and after treatment,the average ankle score of the treatment group was (71.27 +/- 4.50) and (93.44 +/- 4.91), the difference has statistical significance. Before and after treatment, the average ankle score of the control group was (71.45 +/- 4.61) and (85.81 +/- 6.57), the difference has statistical significance. In the treatment group, 16 cases got an excellent result, 18 good, 3 fair, 2 poor; in the control group, 9 cases got an excellent result, 14 good, 5 fair,9 poor. The difference has statistical significance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The bone-setting techniques and herbal fumigation treatment of obsolete malleolus joint sprains both have a certain effect, and the former is better than the latter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, the Third Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China. ljy621229@sina.com
authors.forename: Jun-Hai
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qing-Fu
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009071:Moxibustion; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal