Clinical Study of Regularities in Sinew Lesion Distribution in Knee Osteoarthritis / 上海针灸杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore basic regularities in sinew lesion distribution in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Method Two hundred and thirty knee osteoarthritis patients with 253 affected knees were selected. Under the sinew theory, the positions and frequency of sinew foci around the knee joint were counted by palpation. Result In the distribution of foci, the total frequency accounted for 39.1% in the Foot-Yangming. Of them, the single Foot-Yangming sinew type accounted for 23.3% and the complex type accounted for 48.5%. The total frequency accounted for 32.4% in the Foot-Taiyang. Of them, the single Foot-Taiyang sinew type accounted for 21.3%, the complex type accounted for 44.5%. The Foot-Yangming + Foot-Taiyang sinew lesions accounted for 14.6% and the single foot-three-yin sinew type accounted for 15.0%. Conclusion Knee osteoarthritis of Foot-Yangming or Foot-Taiyang sinew type should be treated from “sinew”.