[Controlled observation of the efficacy between floating acupuncture at Tianying point and warm-needling therapy for supraspinous ligament injury].
2013
Objective To compare the efficacy difference in the treatment of supraspinous ligament injury between floating acupuncture at Tianying point and the conventional warm needling therapy.Methods Ninety patients were randomized into a floating acupuncture group and a warm needling group,45 cases in each one.In the floating acupuncture group,the floating needling technique was adopted at Tianying point.In the warm needling group,the conventional warm needling therapy was applied at Tianying point as the chief point in the prescription.The treatment was given 3 times a week and 6 treatments made one session.The visual analogue scale(VAS) was adopted for pain comparison before and after treatment of the patients in two groups and the efficacy in two groups were assessed.Results The curative and remarkably effective rate was 81.8%(36/44) in the floating acupuncture group and the total effective rate was 95.5%(42/44),which were superior to 44.2%(19/43) and 79.1%(34/43) in the warm needling group separately(P0.01,P0.05).VAS score was lower as compared with that before treatment of the patients in two groups(both P0.01) and the score in the floating acupuncture group was lower than that in the warm needling group after treatment(P0.01).Thirty-six cases were cured and remarkably effective in the floating acupuncture group after treatment,in which 28 cases were cured and remarkably effective in 3 treatments,accounting for 77.8%(28/36),which was apparently higher than 26.3%(5/19) in the warm-needling group(P0.01).Conclusion The floating acupuncture at Tianying point achieves the quick and definite efficacy on supraspinous ligament injury and presents the apparent analgesic effect.The efficacy is superior to the conventional warm-needling therapy.
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