Analysis of Treatment Effect of Warming Needle Moxibustion on Knee Osteoarthritis of Deficiency Cold Type
10.11969/j.issn.1673-548X.2015.10.047
- VernacularTitle:虚寒型膝骨关节炎温针灸治疗效果分析
- Author:
Fang WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Warming needle moxibustion;
Deficiency cold type;
Knee osteoarthritis;
Curative effect
- From:
Journal of Medical Research
2015;44(10):164-166
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical effect of warming needle moxibustion and acupuncture therapy for knee osteoarthritis of deficiency cold type , and explore effective ways to treat knee osteoarthritis of deficiency cold type .Methods Eighty three patients with cold knee osteoarthritis in our hospital from May 2010 to April 2014 type were randomly divided into warming acupuncture group (42 ca-ses) and control group (41 cases).Patients in warming acupuncture group were given the treatment of warming needle moxibustion meth -od, and those in the control group were given the treatment of simple acupuncture .After three courses of treatment , the treatment effect and compliance of two groups during treatment was closely obserred .Results Efficiency of warming acupuncture group was 95.0%.It had significant difference compared with 85.7%in the control group (P<0.05).Treatment compliance rate of warming acupuncture was 95.2%, which was significantly higher than 85.4%of control group (P<0.05).At the end of each treatment period , Joint pain relief degree of warming acupuncture group patients were significantly higher than those in control group (P<0.05), and joint pain degree of warm acupuncture group reduced significantly after a course reduced compared with it before a course (P<0.05).Conclusion The cur-ative effect of warm acupuncture in the treatment on knee osteoarthritis of deficiency cold type is better than that of simple acupuncture therapy.It is worth in clinical application .
