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Clinical study on electroacupuncture plus interferential current therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome

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Abstract

Objective

To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture plus interferential current therapy (ICT) in treating chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and to explore the mechanism.

Methods

Sixty eligible CFS patients were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 30 in each group. The treatment group was intervened by electroacupuncture plus ICT, while the control group was by electroacupuncture alone. The therapeutic efficacies were evaluated after 2 treatment courses and compared between the two groups.

Results

The recovery rate and total effective rate were respectively 43.3% and 93.3% in the treatment group, versus 20.0% and 80.0% in the control group. There were significant differences in comparing the recovery rate and total effective rate between the two groups (P<0.05), showing that the recovery rate and total effective rate in the treatment group were higher than those in the control group.

Conclusion

Electroacupuncture plus ICT can produce a remarkable efficacy in treating CFS.

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  1. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, China

    Fang Huang, Li-zhi Zhou, Ping Huang & Li-hong Guo

  2. Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China

    Xiong Chen

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Huang, F., Chen, X., Zhou, Lz. et al. Clinical study on electroacupuncture plus interferential current therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 12, 156–159 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-014-0764-z

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