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Fu's Subcutaneous Needling for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Published on: March 24, 2023
[Treatment of knee joint pain with superficial needling]
1Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, China.
Objective:
To compare therapeutic effects of superficial needling and body acupuncture on knee joint pain.
Methods:
Ninety-six cases of knee joint pain were randomly divided into a treatment group of 48 cases treated with superficial needling, and a control group of 48 cases treated with body acupuncture.
Results:
The cured rate was 66.7% in the treatment group and 39.6% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01). The total effective rate was 100.0% in both the two groups. The needed therapeutic times of superficial needling was significantly less than that of the body acupuncture (P< 0.05).
Conclusion:
Superficial needling has a good therapeutic effect on knee joint pain with a shorter therapeutic course.
