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[Triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) for trunk-sciatica]
1Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Objective:
To compared the clinical effect between triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) and triple needling combined with electroacupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) for trunk-sciatica.
Methods:
A total of 56 patients with trunk-sciatica were randomized into a triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture group and a triple needling combined with electroacupuncture group, 28 cases in each group. In the triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture group, triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) was applied. In the triple needling combined with electroacupuncture group, triple needling combined with electroacupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) was applied. Both groups were treated with acupuncture at Weizhong (BL 40), Yanglingquan (GB 34) and Chengshan (BL 57). The treatment was given once every 2 days, 10 days as one course for 2 courses. Before treatment, 1, 2 courses into treatment, the scores of pain rating index (PRI), pain visual analogue scale (VAS) and present pain intensity (PPI) were observed, and the clinical efficacy was evaluated in the two groups.
Results:
The PRI, VAS and PPI scores 1, 2 courses into treatment were decreased in the two groups (P<0.01, P<0.05), and those 2 courses into treatment were lower than 1 course into treatment (P<0.01). The variation of PRI, VAS and PPI scores in the triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture group was larger than the triple needling combined with electroacupuncture group (P<0.01). The total effective rate was 92.9% (26/28) in the triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture group, which was higher than 78.6% (22/28) in the triple needling combined with electroacupuncture group (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
Triple needling combined with thermo-electroacupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) could effectively relieve pain in patients with trunk-sciatica, and the curative effect maybe better than triple needling combined with electroacupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30).
