ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe clinical therapeutic effect of tendon-muscle picking therapy on myofascitis of back.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twelve cases were randomly divided into a tendon-muscle picking therapy group and an electroacupuncture (EA) group, 56 cases in each group. The tendon-muscle picking therapy group were treated by picking pain tendon-muscle tubercles on the back, and the EA group by EA at Dazhu (BI. 11), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Tianzong (SI 11) and Jiaji (EX-B 2). Their therapeutic effects were compared after treatment for 2 courses.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 89.3% in the tendon-muscle picking therapy group and 78.6% in the EA group with a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Tendon-muscle picking therapy has a good therapeutic effect on myofascitis of back.</p>