Clinical effect of small needle -knife therapy with movement exercise on knee osteoarthritis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-6706.2015.24.030
- VernacularTitle:小针刀联合运动疗法治疗膝骨关节炎的临床效果
- Author:
Yun REN
;
Jiao ZHANG
;
Jinyang WEI
;
Yifang ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Osteoarthritis,knee;
Acupuncture therapy;
Exercise therapy;
Treatment outcome
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2015;(24):3770-3773
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the clinical effects of small needle -knife therapy with movement exercise on knee osteoarthritis (KOA).Methods The clinical data collected from all the patients with hospital care and other 60 patients with KOA treated in the outpatient department in People's Hospital of Changzhi from February 201 4 to August 201 4.The patients were divided into needle -knife group and hyaluronan group,30cases in each group.The needle -knife group was given small needle -knife therapy to each patient one or two times.The hyaluronan group was given weekly intra -articular hyaluronan treatment,once a week,5times in total.But all the patients must do the same exercise movement as treatment.The clinical efficacy evaluation went on 6 months to follow up the patients.The evaluation for each patient was made at 0.5,1 st,2nd,4th,and 6th months using the following measures:WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index)global assessment and SF -36 (short form 36). Make a contrast to the efficacy of both therapies on the osteoarthritis of knee joint from pain -easing and functional recovery.And the results were synthetically analyzed.Results In terms of pain assessment,the outcomes obtained by WOMAC on the two groups was statistically effective in the phase of 1 -6 months (t =-5.952,P <0.001 ),while those by SF -36 showed differences between the first 0.5 month and 6th month (t =3.1 21 ,P <0.001 ,t =4.091 , P =0.01 1 ).In terms of the functional assessment,the figures obtained by the WOMAC manifested that the needle -knife group was significantly superior to the hyaluronan group at the second and sixth months (t =-8.579,P <0.001 ,t =-3.993,P =0.003),and SF -36 also displayed that after treatment,the objects from the two groups per-formed distinctively in the first half,first,and sixth month respectively.(t =6.1 32,P <0.001 ,t =5.063,P =0.0068, t =8.1 09,P =0.003).Conclusion Small needle knife with movement exercise can obviously improve activity -related function of knee joint and relief the pain for the patients with KOA.