针灸治疗肩关节围周炎的研究进展

Research Advance of Shoulder Periarthritis Treated by Acupuncture

肩周炎为临床常见病,病变在肩部的经脉和经筋,严重者生活不能自理,患者极为痛苦。而通过针刺、电针、温针灸治疗、穴位注射等方法治疗该病具有一定疗效。针灸主要是通过改善局部血液循环、解除粘连和痉挛起治疗作用。本文就近5年针灸肩周炎的研究现状进行综述。

Shoulder periarthritis is a common clinical disease, whose lesions are in the meridians of shoulder. Patients with serious shoulder periarthritis cannot take care of themselves, and are very painful. Acupuncture, electroacupuncture, warm needling treatment, acupoint injection, etc. have positive effect on this disease. Acupuncture can improve local blood circulation, and relieve adhesion as well as spasm so as to treat the disease. This paper summarizes the research status of acupuncture treatment for the shoulder periarthritis in recent 5 years.