Clinical study on electronic moxibustion for shoulder periarthritis

摘要

目的

观察电子灸治疗肩关节周围炎的临床疗效。

方法

将64例肩关节周围炎患者随机分为2组, 观察组34例, 采用eMoxa-VI电子灸治疗仪治疗。 对照组30例, 采用温针灸治疗。 观察治疗前后患者症状评分变化。

结果

治疗2个疗程后, 观察组缓解肩痛的疗效优于对照组; 而治疗3个疗程后, 两组间无统计学差异。 治疗后, 两组肩关节活动度均明显改善, 治疗2个疗程后, 两组间无统计学差异, 而治疗3个疗程后, 观察组疗效优于对照组(P<0.05)。 观察组总有效率 94.1%, 对照组总有效率 86.7%, 两组间无统计学差异。

结论

电子灸与温针灸均能改善肩关节周围炎的临床症状, 电子灸更安全、 更环保, 且便于操作。

Abstract

Objective

To observe the clinical efficacy of electronic moxibustion in treating patients with shoulder periarthritis.

Methods

Sixty-four cases with shoulder periarthritis were randomly divided into two groups, 34 cases in the observation group were treated by eMoxa-VI electronic moxibustion instrument, while 30 cases in the control group were treated by warm needling therapy. The changes of patients’ symptom scores before and after treatments were observed.

Results

After two treatment courses, the shoulder pain of the patients in the observation group was relieved more than that in the control group; but after three treatment courses, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. The patients’ shoulder joint activity in both groups was improved after treatment. There was no significant difference between the two groups after two treatment courses. However, it indicated that the observation group was more effective than the other one after 3 courses of treatment (P<0.05). The total effective rate of the observation group was 94.1%, versus 86.7% of the control group, there was no statistical difference between the two groups.

Conclusion

Electronic moxibustion and warm needling therapy can relieve the clinical symptoms of shoulder periarthritis, but electronic moxibustion was safer, more environmentally friendly and easy to operate.