Title: Acupuncture Combined with Xiaotong Plaster in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis
Abstract: Objective:To observe the clinical curative effect of acupuncture combined with Xiaotong Plaster on treating knee joint osteoarthritis.Methods:100 cases of knee osteoarthritis were randomly divided into treatment group and control group with 50 cases in each group.Treatment group was treated with acupuncture therapy combined with Xiaotong Plaster,and control group with intraarticular injection of sodium hyaluronate.The treatment group was treated every other day,7 times for 1 course,and lasted for 2 courses.The control group was treated once a week,5 times for 1 course,and lasted for 1 course.After 3 months,observation of clinical efficacy was made to compare the pain and joint activity scores in 2 groups before and after treatment.Results:The total effective rates in treatment group and control group were 94% and 90%,the difference was significant(P0.05).The pain severity scores in treatment group and control group were 4.15±1.33 and 5.54±1.22;joint activity scores were 3.78± 0.56 and 4.12 ±0.62,there were significant differences between two groups(P0.01).Conclusion:Acupuncture therapy combined with Xiaotong Plaster is an effective treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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