Decreased fracture incidence with traditional Chinese medicine therapy in patients with osteoporosis: a nationwide population-based cohort study
Wang YC, Chiang JH, Hsu HC, Tsai CH · BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies · 2019 February 04
DOI 10.1186/s12906-019-2446-3
Objective
To investigate the probable effect of TCM to decrease the fracture rate.
Conclusions
Our study showed that TCM might have a positive impact on the prevention of osteoporotic fracture.
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