PMID- 25632577
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150320
LR  - 20240222
IS  - 1000-0607 (Print)
IS  - 1000-0607 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 6
DP  - 2014 Dec
TI  - [Clinical effect of different schemes of mild moxibustion for treatment of knee 
      osteoarthritis].
PG  - 496-9
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To observe the therapeutic effect of different schemes of mild 
      moxibustion for treatment of (yang-deficiency induced cold-accumulation type)knee 
      osteoarthritis (KOA). METHODS: Fifty-nine KOA patients were chosen and randomly 
      divided into control group (n =30) and test group (n =29). Patients of the 
      control group were treated by mild moxi- bustion of Neixiyan (EX-HE4) and 
      Waixiyan (ST 35) for 30 min, once daily for 14 days (two courses), and those of 
      the test group were treated by mild moxibustion of EX-HE 4 and ST 35 for 30 mini 
      once daily for 7 days (the same to control group), followed by moxibustion of 
      Yaoyangguan (GV 3) and Mingmen (GV 4) once daily for next 7 days more. In 
      addition, patients of the two groups were also treated by routine acupuncture 
      stimulation of EX-HE 4, ST 35, Yanglingquan (GB 34), Kunlun (BL 60), etc. The 
      interval between two therapeutic courses was one day. The Lysholm Knee Score 
      Scale (LKSS) was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect. Visual analogue scale 
      (VAS) was employed to assess the patient's knee-joint pain severity (arthralgia), 
      and scores of morning stiffness, arthrocele, and walking restraint degree of the 
      knee-joint were also evaluated before and after the treatment. RESULTS: After the 
      treatment, the scores of VAS, morning stiffness, arthrocele and walking restraint 
      degree of the knee-joint of both groups were significantly decreased (P<0. 05), 
      and the scores of the test group were obviously lower than those of the con- trol 
      group (P<0. 05). The effective rate of the test group was 89.66% (26/29)which was 
      obviously higher than that (70.00%, 21/30) of the control group (P<0. 05). 
      CONCLUSION: Mild moxibustion of Neixiyan (EX-HE 4) and Waixiyan (ST 35, local 
      acu- points), and Yaoyangguan (GV 3) and Mingmen (GV 4) has a better therapeutic 
      effect for KOA patients than moxibustion of local acupoints only.
FAU - Xie, Xiu-jun
AU  - Xie XJ
FAU - Jiao, Lin
AU  - Jiao L
FAU - Fu, Yong
AU  - Fu Y
FAU - Zhang, Bo
AU  - Zhang B
FAU - Xiong, Jun
AU  - Xiong J
FAU - Chen, Ri-xin
AU  - Chen RX
FAU - He, Lu
AU  - He L
FAU - Qian, Hai-liang
AU  - Qian HL
FAU - Luo, Xiao-jun
AU  - Luo XJ
LA  - chi
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - China
TA  - Zhen Ci Yan Jiu
JT  - Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research
JID - 8507710
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Medicine, Chinese Traditional
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Moxibustion/*methods
MH  - Osteoarthritis, Knee/*therapy
MH  - Visual Analog Scale
EDAT- 2015/01/31 06:00
MHDA- 2015/03/21 06:00
CRDT- 2015/01/31 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/01/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/03/21 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2014 Dec;39(6):496-9.