Observations on the Efficacy of Needle-sticking Warm Needling Moxibustion plus Sodium Hyaluronate in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2014.12.1152
- VernacularTitle:滞针温针灸配合玻璃酸钠治疗膝骨关节炎疗效观察
- Author:
Peng LIU
;
Qiang WANG
;
Zhi CHEN
;
Lin LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Osteoarthritis,knee joint;
Needle sticking;
Warm needlingtherapy;
The WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index;
VAS
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2014;(12):1152-1155
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo seek a convenient method for improving the clinical therapeutic effect on knee osteoarthritis.Method One hundred and eighty-six patients were randomly allocated to three groups, 62 cases each. The observation group received needle-sticking warm needling moxibustion plus articular cavity injection of sodium hyaluronate; control group 1, needle-sticking warm needling moxibustion; control group 2, articular cavity injection of sodium hyaluronate. Needle-sticking warm needling moxibustion was given once daily, five treatments followed by two days of rest, seven days as a course, for a total of five courses. Articular cavity injection of sodium hyaluronate was administered once a week, for a total of five injections. The therapeutic effects were compared after treatment.ResultA large part of the symptoms and signs resolved, and the cure rate, the cure and marked efficacy rate and the efficacy rate were 40.3%, 87.1% and 95.2%, respectively, in the observation group. Part of thesymptoms and signs resolved in control groups 1 and 2. The cure rate, the cure and marked efficacy rate and the efficacy rate were 24.2%,51.6%and 80.6%, respectively, in control groups 1 and 21.0%, 54.8% and 82.3%, respectively, in control groups 2. There were statistically significant differences in the cure rate (P<0.05), the cure and marked efficacy rate (P<0.01) and the efficacy rate (P<0.05) among the three groups. The therapeutic effect was significantly better in the observation group than in control groups 1 and 2.Conclusion Needle-sticking warm needling moxibustion plus articular cavity injection of sodium hyaluronate is clinically a better way to treat knee osteoarthritis.
