The effect of curcumin ointment on knee pain in older adults with osteoarthritis: a randomized placebo trial.
- 2020-10-08
- RCT
- BMC complementary medicine and therapies 20(1)
- Neda Jamali
- Mohsen Adib-Hajbaghery
- Alireza Soleimani
- PubMed: 33032585
- DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-03105-0
- High evidence
- Clinical
The repeated-measures analysis showed that over time, the curcumin significantly decreased the mean pain intensity in the intervention group (P = 0.001). The mixed model showed an absolute difference of 1.133 (i.e. 11.33 mm) score which signifies a medium effect size
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 5% ointment twice daily for 6 weeks