Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the electromagnetic treatment and traditional Chinese medicine hot compress therapy can promote the healing of fractures and improve the functional recovery, but the combination of electromagnetic treatment and traditional Chinese medicine hot compress therapy for femoral shaft fracture healing has been reported rarely.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the healing effect of the electromagnetic treatment plus traditional Chinese medicine hot compress therapy on femoral shaft fracture.
METHODS: Fifty-seven cases of femoral shaft fractures patients were treated with open reduction and internal fixation surgery, and the patients were randomly divided into three groups according to different rehabilitation therapy: the electromagnetic treatment group, traditional Chinese medicine hot compress group, and combination group, 19 cases in each group. After rehabilitation therapy for 8 weeks, X-ray examination was performed, according to the femoral shaft fracture assessment criteria, the extent of fracture healing of the patients in each group was assessed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The lower limb activity of the patients in combination group was improved significantly, local pain was less or disappeared, X-ray examination showed that the degree of fracture healing in combination group was significantly better than that in the pure electromagnetic treatment group or traditional Chinese medicine hot compress group (P < 0.05), and there was no significant difference between two groups (P > 0.05). The effect of combination therapy of electromagnetic treatment and traditional Chinese medicine hot compress therapy on the healing of femoral shaft fracture is better than that of pure electromagnetic treatment or traditional Chinese medicine hot compress therapy.