Clinical studies of Warming Needle Moxibustion combined with Tuina on the treatment of knee joint osteoarthritis / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of combinational therapy (Warming Needle Moxibustion &Tuina) on patients with knee joint osteoarthritis .Methods 72 cases with definite diagnosis of knee joint osteoarthritis were ran-domlydividedintotreatmentgroup(receivedWarmingNeedleMoxibustion & Tuina)orcontrolgroup(receivedTuina)with36pa-tients in each group .The pain degree and motor function of knee joint were assessed before and after 4-courses treatment .Results The overall effect rate in treatment group was 94 .45% ,while it was 83 .33% in control group ,the difference was statistically signif-icant(P<0 .05) .VAS score and Lysholm knee scoring scale indicated that significant difference was detected in both groups after treatment(P<0 .05) ,the difference between groups was significant measured by Lysholm knee scoring scale and VAS score (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Warming Needle Moxibustion & Tuina can relieve joint pain and improve motor function of patients with knee joint osteoarthritis effectively .