Clinical observation on Tuina manipulation for ankle sprain in Wushu athletes

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Tuina manipulation for ankle sprain in Wushu athletes.Methods One hundred and three cases were randomized into two groups: treatment group in which 52 cases were treated by Tuina,and control group in which 51 cases were treated by Voltaren,with the course of 14 days.The symptoms and functional activity indexes including local pain,swelling,tenderness,functional disorder and total scores were observed before and after treatment.Results All the indexes above were lowed after treatment(P0.05),and the therapeutic effect in treatment group was better than the control group(P0.05).Conclusion Tuina can improve the clinical symptoms of ankle sprain effectively.