揿针疗法治疗骨关节疾病研究进展

A review on treating osteoarthropathy by acupuncture

综述揿针疗法治疗骨关节疾病的临床研究进展,表明近十年来揿针疗法在治疗骨关节疾病方面得到较为广泛的应用,通过浅刺久留针达到减少针刺时疼痛、延长针刺效应时间,提高了疗效,以其简便、价廉、安全、有效、舒适的特点,被越来越多的患者所接受,但存在治疗病种相对分散,病例偏少,临床疗效评价标准不一,且缺乏可靠的循证医学证据等不足,并提出了今后揿针疗法的临床研究方向。

This essay reviewed the progress of treating osteoarthropathy by acupuncture in recent10years.It showed that application of this therapy in bone and joint disease was growing rapidly.The therapy yielded favorable effects through prolonging acupuncture effective time and lightening pain generated by shallow insertion and longtime retaining.It was accepted by growing numbers of patients due to its merits like easy-to-perform,low-cost,safety,efficacy and mild sensation.However,it also has disadvantages like scattered disease,fewer cases,various standards and lack of reliable evidence-based medical evidence.Accordingly,the author proposed his research direction in the future.