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Objective:To investigate and analyze the clinical efficacy of imitated Fu's acupuncture combined with blade needle therapy in the treatment of lateral humeral epicondylitis.Methods:A total of 100 patients with lateral humeral epicondylitis who received treatment in Haining People's Hospital, China between January 2019 and July 2020 were included in this study. They were randomly assigned to receive either acupuncture combined with moxibustion (control group, n = 50) or imitated Fu's acupuncture combined with blade needle therapy (study group, n = 50). Therapeutic outcome was compared between the control and study groups. Results:Clinical effective rate in the study group was significantly higher than that in the control group [98% (49/50) vs. 82% (41/50), χ2 = 7.111, P < 0.05]. After treatment, the Visual Analogue Scale score in each group was significantly reduced compared with before treatment ( t = 9.740, 24.200, both P < 0.05). After treatment, pain score in the study group was significantly lower than that in the control group [(3.62 ± 0.15) points vs. (4.89 ± 1.21) points, t = 7.365, P < 0.05). After treatment, activities of daily living in the study group was significantly higher than that in the control group [(36.62 ± 2.55) points vs. (33.22 ± 1.41) points, t = 8.251, P < 0.001]. The Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand score in the study group was significantly higher than that in the control group [(30.24 ± 3.25) points vs. (40.25 ± 5.47) points, t = 11.125, P < 0.001). Conclusion:Imitated Fu's acupuncture combined with blade needle therapy for treatment of lateral humeral epicondylitis can effectively alleviate pain, improve upper limb function and self-activity ability, increase clinical efficacy, and thereby deserve clinical popularization.
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Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of microacupotomy combined with Du pulse acupuncture in the treatment of lumbar and dorsal myofascial pain syndrome. Methods:110 patients with lumbar and dorsal myofascial pain syndrome who received treatment between February 2019 and August 2020 in Haining People's Hospital were included in this study. They were randomly assigned to receive either electroacupuncture (control group, n = 55) or microacupotomy combined with Du pulse acupuncture (observation group, n = 55). Therapeutic effects were compared between the control and observation groups. Results:Before treatment, there were no significant differences in tenderness and Visual Analogue Scale scores between the control and observation groups (both P > 0.05). After treatment, tenderness and VAS scores in the observation group were (0.81 ± 0.11) points and (2.36 ± 0.25) points, respectively, which were significantly lower than those in the control group [(1.31 ± 0.10) points, (3.34 ± 0.19) points, t = 24.943 and 23.146, both P < 0.001]. Effective rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [98.18% (54/55) vs. 81.82% (45/55), χ2 = 8.182, P < 0.05]. After treatment, tenderness scores of the gluteus medius, psoas quadratus and multifidus muscles in each group were increased, and these scores in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group ( t = 3.937, 2.963 and 3.633, all P < 0.05). Conclusion:Microacupotomy combined with Du pulse acupuncture in the treatment of lumbar and dorsal myofascial pain syndrome can effectively decrease the degree of pain and strengthen clinical therapeutic effects.