Clinical observation on warming needle moxibustion plus exercise for treatment of temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for a better therapy for temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Two hundred and ten cases of temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome were randomly divided into a treatment group, a control group I and a control group II, 70 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with warming needle moxibustion plus exercise, with Hegu (LI 4), Xiaguan (ST 7), Yifeng (TE 17) and so on selected, in combination with opening and closing the mouth; the control group I were treated with simple filiform needle needling, and the control group II with local blocking therapy. The therapeutic effects of the 3 groups were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 94.3% in the treatment group, 87.1% in the control group I and 85.7% in the control group II with a significant difference among the 3 groups, the treatment group being better than the two control groups (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Warming needle moxibustion plus exercise has a good therapeutic effect on temporomandibular joint dysfunction syndrome.</p>