Clinical observation of warm needling therapy for treating knee osteoarthritis of different Chinese medical syndrome types / 中国中西医结合杂志
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
; (12): 1466-1469, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the difference in the therapeutic efficacy of warm needling therapy on knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients of different Chinese medical syndrome types.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 197 KOA outpatients [including wind-cold-damp retention syndrome (50 cases, 61 knees), yang deficiency cold coagulation syndrome (48 cases, 58 knees), stagnation of blood stasis syndrome (49 cases, 63 knees), and insufficiency of Shen-essence syndrome (50 cases, 66 knees)] were treated with warm needling therapy, 10 days as one therapeutic course, 3 courses in total. The symptom score and changes of clinical efficacy were assessed. The contents of interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in the synovial fluid were determined before and after treatment.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The symptom scores and the clinical efficacy were improved in all syndrome groups after treatment (P < 0.05), with the best effects shown in the yang deficiency cold coagulation syndrome (P < 0.05) and the worst effects shown in the stagnation of blood stasis syndrome (P < 0.05). The contents of IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-alpha in the synovial fluid decreased after treatment in all syndrome groups (P < 0.05), with the best effects shown in the yang deficiency cold coagulation syndrome (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Warm needling therapy had favorable therapeutic effects on KOA patients of wind-cold-damp retention syndrome, yang deficiency cold coagulation syndrome, and insufficiency of Shen-essence syndrome, with the best effects shown on KOA patients of yang deficiency cold coagulation syndrome.</p>
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Main subject:
Synovial Fluid
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Therapeutics
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Acupuncture Therapy
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Chemistry
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Interleukin-6
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Interleukin-1
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Yang Deficiency
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Osteoarthritis, Knee
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Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Year:
2012
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Article