Analysis of clinical efficacy of combination therapy of small needle knife and Daqinjiu Tang in treatment of periarthritis of shoulder / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

In order to explore the clinical effect of combination therapy of small needle knife and Daqinjiu Tang in treatment of periarthritis of shoulder, 118 patients with periarthritis of shoulder were divided into control group (59) and experimental group (59) evenly and randomly. Control group received treatment of small needle knife while experimental group received combination therapy of small needle knife and Daqinjiu Tang. Clinical efficacy, shoulder pain and shoulder function were assessed and analyzed between groups before and after treatments. It was showed that the total therapeutic efficacy of experimental group was significantly higher than that of control group (P < 0.05, chi2 = 6.781); Shoulder pain and function were improved after treatments for all patients (P < 0.05), but more significantly in experimental group than in treatment group (P < 0.05). It is suggested that there is confirmed therapeutic effects of combination therapy of small needle knife and Daqingjiu Tang in treatment of periarthritis of shoulder, better than utilizing small needle knife therapy alone.