Characteristics of Shoulder Periarthritis Patients Developing Articular Contracture during Acupuncture Therapy

Yasushi Mizuide; Tomomi Sakai; Fumiko Yasuno; Yoshihisa Koga; Daichi Kasuya; Eitaro Noguchi

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Characteristics of Shoulder Periarthritis Patients Developing Articular Contracture during Acupuncture Therapy

VernacularTitle:Characteristics of Shoulder Periarthritis Patients Developing Articular Contracture during Acupuncture Therapy
Author: Yasushi MIZUIDE ¹ ; Tomomi SAKAI ² ; Fumiko YASUNO ¹ ; Yoshihisa KOGA ¹ ; Daichi KASUYA ¹ ; Eitaro NOGUCHI ³
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1. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Science
2. Graduate School of Technology and Science Division of Health Science, Tsukuba University of Technology
3. Acupuncture and Moxibustion Section, Central Rehabilitation Service, the University of Tokyo Hospital
Keywords: acupuncture therapy; shoulder periarthritis; frozen shoulder; contracture; nocturnal pain
From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 2012;75(3):176-185
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Forty-one patients with periarthritis with no evident articular contracture at the start of acupuncture (at the first presentation) were divided into 13 subjects who developed articular contracture during acupuncture (transition group) and 28 subjects who did not (non-transition group), and the clinical characteristics of the two groups were compared. The following results were obtained. (1) The mean age of the subjects was significantly higher in the transition group than in the non-transition group (58.5±6.8 years vs. 52.1±9.6 years). (2) The percentage of subjects in the transition group was significantly higher in the subjects not clearly diagnosed as having no contracture at the first presentation than clearly diagnosed as no contracture (57% vs. 19%). (3) The percentage of subjects in the transition group was significantly higher in the subjects in whom the lesion site was enlarged or could not be identified than independent (50% vs. 17%). (4) The percentage of subjects in the transition group was significantly higher in the subjects with nocturnal pain than without (64% vs. 15%). (5) The transition group was unlikely to show improvement of pain or restriction of the range of motion with acupuncture as compared to the non-transition group. The possibility of developing articular contracture should be considered while providing treatment by acupuncture and guidance to patients showing the above tendencies.