Observation on therapeutic effects of different needling methods at tiaokou (ST 38) on periarthritis of shoulder.
- Author:
Hong ZHAO
1
;
Ting ZHAO
;
Bao-Yan LIU
;
Zhi-Shun LIU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acupuncture Therapy; Humans; Periarthritis; therapy; Shoulder; Shoulder Joint; Shoulder Pain; therapy
- From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2006;26(10):729-731
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo compare therapeutic effects of different needling methods at Tiaokou (ST 38) on periarthritis of shoulder.
METHODSEighty cases of periarphritis of shoulder were randomly assigned to four groups. Tiaokou (ST 38) was selected in all the 4 groups. The treatment group were treated with penetration needling, and the control group A, B, C were treated by needling into 40 mm deep, needling into the subcutaneous tissue, sham acupuncture, respectively. Therapeutic effect was evaluated by Constant-Murley shoulder joint scale.
RESULTSThe clinical effective rate was 100.0% in the treatment group and 68.4% in the control group A, 52.6% in the control group B, 38.0% in the control group C with significant differences as the treatment group compared with the control groups A, B, C (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). And with no significant difference as the control group A compared with the control group B, C, and the group B with the group C (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONDifferent needling depths of Tiaokou (ST 38) have different therapeutic effects, the penetration needling being the best and the sham needling being worse which can be used as control method.
