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Objective:To observe the clinical effect of warm needling moxibustion plus Kai Qing Long Suo tuina therapy (opening the Qing Long lock,one type of'Eight and a Half Locks' tuina therapy) for cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type (CSA).Methods:Sixty patients with CSA were randomly allocated into an observation group or a control group,with 30 cases in each group.The observation group was treated with warm needling moxibustion plus Kai Qing Long Suo tuina therapy,while the control group was treated with warm needling moxibustion alone.Warm needling moxibustion was conducted once every other day and tuina was conducted once a day,7-day treatments for one course.The clinical efficacy and vertebral artery blood flow was observed after one course of treatment.Results:After treatment,the total effective rate was 93.3％ in the observation group versus 80.0％ in the control group,and there was a significant difference between the two groups (P＜0.05).After treatment,the systolic blood flow velocity of vertebral artery increased in both groups,with statistical significance compared with that before treatment (both P＜0.05),and the blood flow velocity in the observation group was faster than that in the control group,with statistical significance between the two groups (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Both warm needling moxibustion plus Kai Qing Long Suo tuina therapy and warm needling moxibustion alone are both effective for CSA,can improve the systolic blood flow velocity of vertebral artery.The curative effect of warm needling moxibusiton plus Kai Qing Long Suo tuina therapy is better than that of warm needling moxibustion alone.
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Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises) for primary osteoporosis in the elderly.Methods:Eighty old patients with primary osteoporosis were randomized into a Yi Jin Jing group and a medication group,40 cases in each group.The Yi Jin Jing group was intervened by Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises) training,while the medication group was intervened by oral administration of alendronate sodium tablet.Prior to and after 6-month intervention,the bone mineral density (BMD) of the proximal femur,visual analog scale (VAS) and activities of daily living (ADL) were estimated.Results:There were no significant differences in the BMD of the proximal femur,and VAS and ADL scores between the two groups before the intervention (P＞0.05).After 6-month intervention,the above items all improved significantly in both groups (both P＜0.01);the improvements in VAS and ADL scores in Yi Jin Jing group were more significant than those in the medication group (P＜0.01),while the between-group difference in the BMD of the proximal femur was statistically insignificant (P＞0.05).Conclusion:Practice of Yi Jin Jing (Sinew-transforming Qigong Exercises) can effectively ameliorate the BMD in the elderly with primary osteoporosis,and it can reduce the pain and improve ADL,with a better general effect compared to oral administration of alendronate sodium tablet.