Study on the Effect of Acupuncture plus Methylcobalamin in Treating Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
10.1007/s11726-010-0420-1
- VernacularTitle:Study on the Effect of Acupuncture plus Methylcobalamin in Treating Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
- Author:
Lin ZUO
;
Lin ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture-moxibustion Therapy;
Acupuncture Medication Combined;
Diabetic Neuropathies
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2010;08(4):249-252
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To study the clinical effect of acupuncture combined with methylcobalamin in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Methods: Seventy-five diabetic patients complicated with peripheral neuropathies were included and randomly allocated into a treatment group (40 cases) and a control group (35 cases). The patients in the treatment group all received acupuncture therapy plus methylcobalamin. In the control group, patients only received methylcobalamin for treatment. The therapeutic effect was evaluated 4 weeks later. Results: Both of the two groups presented improvement in nervous symptoms, signs and nerve conduction, and the improvement of the treatment group was significantly better than that of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: The therapy of acupuncture in combination with methylcobalamin is more effective than the monotherapy with methylcobalamin in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
