Wrist-ankle acupuncture for functional frequent premature ventricular contractions: a randomized controlled trial.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20241029-k0003
- Author:
Yuxin HUANG
1
;
Yujiao SUN
2
;
Buping LIU
3
;
Huanfeng LIN
4
Author Information
1. Clinical Medical College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of CM, Guangzhou 510405, Guangdong Province, China.
2. Department of TCM, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University.
3. School of Public Health and Management, Guangzhou University of CM.
4. Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Second TCM Hospital, Guangzhou
- Publication Type:English Abstract
- Keywords:
acupuncture;
functional frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs);
randomized controlled trial (RCT);
wrist-ankle acupuncture
- MeSH:
Humans;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Male;
Female;
Middle Aged;
Adult;
Ventricular Premature Complexes/physiopathology*;
Ankle/physiopathology*;
Wrist/physiopathology*;
Acupuncture Points;
Treatment Outcome;
Aged;
Young Adult
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(10):1414-1418
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy of wrist-ankle acupuncture in the treatment of functional frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs).
METHODS:A total of 64 patients with functional frequent PVCs were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 32 cases in each group. The observation group was treated with wrist-ankle acupuncture at bilateral upper 1 and upper 2 on the wrist. The control group received sham acupuncture at the same points as the observation group. Both groups were treated once every day from Monday to Friday, with the needles retained for 60 min each time, for a total of 4 weeks. The TCM syndrome score, the 24-hour PVC count, and MOS 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) score were compared between the two groups before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacy was evaluated after treatment.
RESULTS:After treatment, the TCM syndrome scores and the 24-hour PVC counts in both groups were reduced compared with those before treatment (P<0.01), and the above indexes in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.01). After treatment，scores of all SF-36 items in the observation group were increased compared with those before treatment (P<0.01); in the control group, the scores of general health (GH), social function (SF) and role-emotional (RE) were increased compared with those before treatment (P<0.05). After treatment, scores of all SF-36 items in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P<0.01). The total effective rate in the observation group was 90.6% (29/32), which was higher than 46.9% (15/32) in the control group (P<0.01).
CONCLUSION:Wrist-ankle acupuncture has a significant clinical efficacy in the treatment of functional frequent PVCs. It can effectively improve symptoms such as chest tightness and palpitations, reduce 24-hour PVC count, and improve patients' quality of life.
