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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of skin scraping in reducing nursing staff’s fatigue.Methods Seventy-one clinical nursing staff were randomly allocated to a treatment group of 36 cases and a control group of 35 cases. Both groups were given the same health education and psychological counseling. The treatment group received skin scraping along the Du Meridian and the Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang in addition and the control group, no intervention. An evaluation was made using the Fatigue Scale-14 (FS-14) and the PSQI in the two groups before and after treatment.Results There were statistically significant pre-/post-treatment differences in the FS-14 item scores (physical fatigue score, mental fatigue score and total fatigue score) in the two groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant pre-/post-treatment difference in the PSQI score in the treatment group (P<0.05). There were statistically significant post-treatment differences in the physical fatigue score, the total fatigue score and the PSQI score between the treatment and control groups (P<0.05).Conclusions Skin scraping can effectively reduce nursing staff’s fatigue, and improve sleep quality.
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Objective To investigate the efficacy of skin scraping plus movable cupping in treating neck-shoulder syndrome. Method One hundred and eighty patients with neck-shoulder syndrome were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups. The treatment group received skin scraping plus movable cupping and the control group, acupuncture. Result The total efficacy rate was 88.8% in the treatment group and 77.5% in the control group; there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion Skin scraping plus movable cupping has a good therapeutic effect on neck-shoulder syndrome.