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Boswellia Extract Improves Pain, Function & Stiffness vs Control in Knee OA Patients Up to 12 Weeks

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May 2021

Boswellia Extract Improves Pain, Function & Stiffness vs Control in Knee OA Patients Up to 12 Weeks

Vol: 27| Issue: 1| Number:2| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effectiveness of Boswellia and Boswellia extract for osteoarthritis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMC Complement Med Ther. 2020 Jul 17;20(1): 225.

Contributing Authors:
G Yu W Xiang T Zhang L Zeng K Yang J Li

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Seven randomized controlled trials with a total of 545 patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis were randomized to receive either Boswellia/Boswellia extract or control (i.e., placebo, other conventional therapies). Primary outcomes of interest included change in pain evaluated using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and WOMAC pain, function evaluated using WOMAC function and the Lequesne index, and s...

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