Therapeutic Observation of Aligned Needling at Jiaji (EX-B2) plus Warm Needling for Urinary Retention After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo seek an effective method in treating urinary retention due to incomplete spinal cord injury.Method Forty patients were randomized into two groups. Twenty subjects in the treatment group were intervened by alignedneedling at Jiaji points (EX-B2) plus warm needling; the other 20 subjects in the control group were by aligned needling at Jiaji points (EX-B2) alone. ResultAfter intervention, urinary retention symptoms were improved in both groups (P<0.05), and the improvement in the treatment group was more significant than that in the control group (P<0.05); the totaleffective rate was 85.0% in the treatment group versus 55.0% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).ConclusionAligned needling at Jiajiplus warm needling can produce a more significant efficacy than aligned needling at Jiajialone in treating urinary retention after incomplete spinal cord injury.