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Distal Acupoints Outperform Proximal Acupoints in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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العنوان: Distal Acupoints Outperform Proximal Acupoints in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
المؤلفون: Wan-Zhen Yu, Chin-Ming Huang, Hui-Ping Ng, Yu-Chen Lee
المصدر: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 2021 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Hindawi Limited
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: Other systems of medicine, RZ201-999
الوصف: Objectives. To determine the difference in efficacy between distal and proximal acupoints in treating knee osteoarthritis. Design. Ninety-two eligible participants were randomly assigned into three groups: distal acupoint treatment group (DG), proximal acupoint treatment group (PG), and sham acupuncture control group (SG). Primary and secondary outcomes were compared before and after the intervention. Interventions. A single acupuncture treatment was applied at Quchi (LI11), Shaohai (HT3), and Tianjing (TE10) in DG participants; Yanglingquan (GB34), Yinlingquan (SP9), and Heding (EX-LE2) in PG participants; and Zhongwan (CV12) and Liangmen (ST21) in SG participants. Main outcome measures. The visual analog scale (VAS) and active and passive knee range of motion (ROM) were used primarily to evaluate the treatment efficacy. The radial pulse diagnosis was used as a secondary outcome measure to determine the changes in the spectral energy of the radial pulses. Results. The three groups had significant pain reduction after acupuncture (p<0.05). DG had the greatest difference in pre- and post-VAS scores. Compared with the control group, significant improvement was observed in DG active and passive ROM and in PG passive ROM (p<0.05). The high-frequency spectral energy of the left chi pulse in PG was significantly decreased, while the low-frequency spectral energy of the left cun pulse in PG and the left guan pulse in DG were significantly increased after acupuncture. Conclusions. Distal acupoints provide better pain relief and improve ROM than proximal acupoints in treating knee osteoarthritis. Significant changes in spectral energy were observed in the left cun, guan, and chi pulses, indicating pain relief and blood flow improvement after acupuncture.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1741-427X
1741-4288
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4827123; https://doaj.org/toc/1741-427X; https://doaj.org/toc/1741-4288; https://doaj.org/article/feb4831f2aa7456287ad3ba47f68aeab
DOI: 10.1155/2021/4827123
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4827123
https://doaj.org/article/feb4831f2aa7456287ad3ba47f68aeab
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.E001637B
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:1741427X
17414288
DOI:10.1155/2021/4827123