Clinical Observations on Pricking-cupping Bloodletting plus Microwave Therapy for Intractable Tennis Elbow
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2015.04.0353
- VernacularTitle:刺络拔罐配合微波治疗顽固性网球肘临床观察
- Author:
Jintai ZHANG
;
Shengyun JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Tennis elbow;
External humeral epicondylitis;
Pricking-cupping bloodletting therapy;
Microwave acupuncture
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2015;(4):353-354
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the pain relieving degree and the comprehensive efficacy of pricking-cupping bloodletting plus microwave therapy in treating intractable tennis elbow.MethodSeventy-two patients meeting the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated, using a random number table, to a treatment group (pricking-cupping bloodletting plus microwave therapy,n=36) and a control group (electroacupuncture plus microwave therapy,n=36). The pain relieving degree and the overall therapeutic effect were assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and theCriteria of Syndrome Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effect in Traditional Chinese Medicinein the patients after treatment.ResultThe pain relieving degree and the overall therapeutic effect were more remarkable in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionPricking-cupping bloodletting plus microwave therapy can effectively heighten the pain relieving degree and the overall therapeutic effect in treating patients with intractable tennis elbow.
