Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
New fractures · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 71 participantsVery low
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
5 questions · 8 findings · 1 reviews · Musculoskeletal
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 62.5%Low 3 · 37.5%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
Lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 71 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines vs Western medicine
Femoral neck bone mineral density (FN-BMD) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 71 participantsLow
Chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine vs Western medicine
New fractures · patients with osteoporosis
It is very uncertain whether chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine changes new fractures (Yigu capsule plus calcium versus placebo plus calcium) compared with western medicine (very low certainty).
4 findings from 1 review
- RR 0.06 [0, 1]1 study · 140 participantsVery low
- RR 0.33 [0.01, 8.02]1 study · 120 participantsVery low
- RR 0.44 [0.13, 1.43]1 study · 155 participantsVery low
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- RR 0.22 [0.01, 5.34]1 study · 75 participantsVery low
Chinese herbal medicines plus western medicine vs Western medicine
Quality of life (Bushenhuoxue therapy plus calcium carbonate tablets and alfacalcidol versus calcium carbonate tablets and alfacalcidol) · patients with osteoporosis
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 80 participantsLow