银质针导热疗法治疗膝关节痛的疗效观察

Thermally Conductive Silver Needle Acupuncture for Knee Pain

目的探讨银质针导热疗法治疗膝关节痛的临床效果。方法选取84例膝关节痛患者,按随机数字表法分为对照组42例和观察组42例。对照组采用温针灸疗法,观察组采用银质针导热疗法,4周为一疗程。比较2组患者的疗效及疼痛情况,疼痛情况采用视觉模拟评分法(VAS)评定。结果对照组总有效率为73.81%,观察组总有效率为95.24%,对照组总有效率低于观察组(P<0.05)。治疗后2组膝关节疼痛均有改善,观察组膝关节疼痛改善情况优于对照组(均P<0.05)。结论对膝关节痛患者采用银质针导热疗法治疗效果明显,能改善患者膝关节疼痛情况,值得临床推广。

Objective To investigate the effect of thermally conductive silver needle acupuncture on knee pain. Methods Eighty-four patients with knee pain were randomly treated with either warm acupuncture(control group, n =42) or thermally conductive silver needle acupuncture(observation group, n =42) for 4 weeks.The pain was assessed with the visual analog scale(VAS).The efficacy was compared between the two groups. Results The total effective rate in control group(73.81%) was lower than that in observation group(95.24%)( P <0.05).Knee pain was improved in both groups,but the improvement in observation group was more obvious than that in control group( P <0.05). Conclusion The thermally conductive silver needle acupuncture can significantly alleviate knee pain and is worth popularizing.