Clinical effect of short puncture combined with blood-letting puncture in the treament of knee osteoarthritis
WANG Qi1 YANG Yonghui2▲ WU Shengbing3 JI Yunyun1
1.Department of Pricking Blood, Hefei First People’s Hospital, Anhui Province, Hefei 230061, China;
2.Department of Akupotomye Rehabilitation, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anhui Province, Hefei 230031, China;
3.Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Anhui Province, Hefei 230038, China
Abstract:Objective To observe the clinical effect of short puncture combined with blood-letting puncture in the treament of knee osteoarthritis. Methods A total of 106 patients with knee osteoarthritis admitted to the outpatient service of Department of Pricking Blood, Hefei First People’s Hospital from January 2018 to October 2020 were selected. They were divided into observation group (53 cases) and control group (53 cases) by random number table method. The observation group was treated with short puncture combined with blood-letting puncture, while the control group was treated with conventional acupuncture combined with blood-letting puncture. The clinical effect, visual analogue score (VAS) and Japanese orthopedic association (JOA) evaluate treatment score of the two groups were observed after four weeks of treatment. Results There was statistically significant difference in clinical efficacy between the two groups (P < 0.05). After treatment, the VAS in both groups were lower than those before treatment, the score of each dimension and the total score of JOA in both groups were higher than those before treatment, and the VAS in the observation group was lower than that in the control group, and the score of each dimension and the total score of JOA in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, with statistical significance (all P < 0.05). Conclusion Short puncture combined with blood-letting puncture in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis has significant advantages, can effectively improve the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, worthy of promotion.
王琦1 杨永晖2▲ 吴生兵3 计云云1. 短刺结合刺络放血治疗膝骨关节炎临床效果[J]. 中国医药导报, 2021, 18(18): 96-99.
WANG Qi1 YANG Yonghui2▲ WU Shengbing3 JI Yunyun1. Clinical effect of short puncture combined with blood-letting puncture in the treament of knee osteoarthritis. 中国医药导报, 2021, 18(18): 96-99.