Treatment of 78 patients with knee osteoarthritis by acupuncture, moxibustion, and tuina

作     者：岳建兴 YUE Jian-xing

作者机构：蚌埠医学院第二附属医院康复医学科 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Acupuncture-Moxibustion》 (世界针灸杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第25卷第4期

页      面：53-56页

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学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by "Research on Distribution Law of Meridian Sinew Lesions of Knee Osteoarthritis" projected of Bengbu Medical College:ky 1381 

主　　题：Meridian sinew needling medicine moxa sticks moxibustion tendon-soothing maneuver 

摘      要：Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of triple-therapy in treatment of knee osteoarthritis（KOA）. Methods Meridian sinew needling, tendonsoothing maneuver and medicine moxa sticks were applied for treatment of 78 patients with knee osteoarthritis, and clinical efficacy was evaluated after treatment for two weeks by reference to Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoarthritis. Results The therapy was markedly effective in 28 cases（35.8%）, and effective in 45 cases（57.8%）, with the total effective rate of 93.6%. Conclusion Meridian sinew needling, tendon-soothing maneuver and medicine moxa sticks promote each other mutually, and triple-therapy is confirmed to be one of the effectively complex treatment methods in treatment of KOA.