Clinical study on treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome with penetration needling at the back / 中国针灸
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
;
(12): 98-100, 2005.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-245192
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare therapeutic effects of penetration needling at the back and western medicine on fibromyalgia syndrome (FS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty-eight cases were randomly divided into the observation group treated with penetration needling at the first and second lines of The Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang and Governor Vessel, and the control group treated mainly with oral administration of amitriptyline, 19 cases in each group.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were significant differences in the cured-markedly effective rate and the results of follow-up for 6 months for the cured-markedly effective cases between the observation group and the control group (all P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Penetration needling therapy in the therapeutic effect on fibromyalgia syndrome is better than the medical treatment.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Fibromyalgia
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Acupuncture Points
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Acupuncture Therapy
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Meridians
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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