Black Cumin and Improved Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Total Score

• Efficacy and safety of oral Nigella sativa oil for symptomatic treatment of knee osteoarthritis: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

  • 2022-11
  • RCT · n = 58
  • Complementary therapies in clinical practice 49
  • • Hasan Fallah Huseini
    • Reza Mohtashami
    • Elaheh Sadeghzadeh
    • Soraya Shadmanfar
    • Fataneh Hashem-Dabaghian
    • Saeed Kianbakht

  • PubMed: 36150238
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101666

  10 Insights on

  • Improved Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Total Score

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  WOMAC total scores were decreased by 27.72 ± 18.61% (NS oil group) and 1.34 ± 2.31% (placebo group) (p < 0.001)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  2.5 mL every 8 hours