Clinical efficacy of imitated Fu's acupuncture combined with blade needle therapy in the treatment of lateral humeral epicondylitis / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

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.