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[Clinical observation on warming-promotion acupuncture for lumbar muscle strain]
1Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,The Second People's Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China. humeilin2008@163.com
Objective:
To observe the theraputic effect of warming-promotion acupuncture for lumbar muscle strain.
Methods:
Sixty-four cases were randomly divided into a warming-promotion acupuncture group(group A) and a routine acupuncture group (group B), 32 cases in each group. The group A was treated with acupuncture at Shenshu (BL 23) and Guanyuanshu (BL 26) with warming-promotion acupuncture method, (Guanyuanshu (BL 26), Yaoyangguan (GV 3), Weizhong (BL 40) with twirling uniform reinforcing-reducing method. The group B was treated with acupuncture at same acupoints only with twirling uniform reinforcing-reducing method. After four-session treatment, the theraputic effect of two groups was compared.
Results:
The cured and markedly effective rate of 65.6% (21/32) in the group A, which was superior to that of 40.6% (13/32)in the group B (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
The efficiency on lumbar muscle strain treated with warming-promotion acupuncture is superior to that with routine acupuncture, means a suitable manipulation can enhance the therapeutic effect.
