Oral intake of Streptococcus thermophilus improves knee osteoarthritis degeneration: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study
- 2020-04
- RCT · n = 80
- Heliyon 6(4)
- Jianwei Lyu
- Ting-Ming Wang
- Yen-Hao Chen
- Shu-Xuan Chang
- Ming-Shiang Wu
- Yung-Hao Lin
- Yung-Hsiang Lin
- Chen-Meng Kuan
- PubMed: 32368640
- DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03757
- High evidence
TCI633 could improve serum C-reactive protein (sCRP) by 39.58% after the study. The improvement rates for sCRP in TCI633 group were 57% at 12 weeks.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate