Knee Osteoarthritis, a retrograde disease, is mainly characterized by pain in the knee joints and limitation of the movement. It is a common and frequently occurring disease affecting the health and life quality of ol...Knee Osteoarthritis, a retrograde disease, is mainly characterized by pain in the knee joints and limitation of the movement. It is a common and frequently occurring disease affecting the health and life quality of old people. In recent years, acupuncture treatment of knee osteoarthritis with satisfactory therapeutic results has been repeatedly reported,2-3, 5-6 but there has been few report on the observation of long-term therapeutic effects after treatment. With acupuncture as the main therapy, 109 cases of knee osteoarthritis were treated in this series. 91 cases with good therapeutic results were followed up for 6 months. A report is presented in the following.展开更多
文摘Knee Osteoarthritis, a retrograde disease, is mainly characterized by pain in the knee joints and limitation of the movement. It is a common and frequently occurring disease affecting the health and life quality of old people. In recent years, acupuncture treatment of knee osteoarthritis with satisfactory therapeutic results has been repeatedly reported,2-3, 5-6 but there has been few report on the observation of long-term therapeutic effects after treatment. With acupuncture as the main therapy, 109 cases of knee osteoarthritis were treated in this series. 91 cases with good therapeutic results were followed up for 6 months. A report is presented in the following.
