Papers/PMID:27533649
Efficacy of Turmeric Extracts and Curcumin for Alleviating the Symptoms of Joint Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.
Journal of medicinal food2016The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
What it reported
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1 finding
curcumin — decreases visual analogue scale pain intensity
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Findingreplicated ×1“The PVAS was much lower in the curcumin group than in the placebo groups (overall mean differences and CI: −2.04 and −2.85, −1.24; P <.00001).”
Quoted verbatim from Efficacy of Turmeric Extracts and Curcumin for Alleviating the Symptoms of Joint Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- adults with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis; curcumin vs placebo, pain visual analogue score
Effect -2.04 mean difference, 95% CI -2.85 to -1.24
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