Management of chronic pain of knee with acupuncture [MEA]

ABSTRACT

Acupuncture was performed in 40 patients with chronic pain of the knee joint more than 6 months due to arthralgia of the knee, from both sexes [10 males and 30 females] and different ages to relief pain and to assess the degree of articular mobility of knee joint. All patients were assessed as regards analgesia, articular mobility, pulse, BP, respiratory rate and levels of cortisol, while sugar and serum potassium were estimated. It was found that acupuncture produced significant analgesic effect with improvement of articular mobility. Regarding pulse rate, BP and respiratory rate, there were no effects observed. Serum cortisol level showed significant decrease following acupuncture therapy, glucose and serum potassium showed insignificant changes