PMID- 31286736
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190906
LR  - 20190906
IS  - 0255-2930 (Print)
IS  - 0255-2930 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 7
DP  - 2019 Jul 12
TI  - [Dose-effect relationship in treatment of chronic neck pain with the direct 
      moxibustion of small moxa cone].
PG  - 734-8
LID - 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.07.015 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness in treatment of chronic neck pain with 
      the direct moxibustion of small moxa cone and explore the dose-effect 
      relationship in treatment of chronic neck pain with different small moxa cones. 
      METHODS: A total of 120 patients with chronic neck pain were randomized into a 
      3-moxa-cone group, a 5-moxa-cone group, a 7-moxa-cone group and a 
      sham-moxibustion group, 30 cases in each one. Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), 
      Jingbailao (EX-HN 15), Jianzhongshu (SI 15) and Jianjing (GB 21) were selected in 
      each of the groups. The direct moxibustion with 3, 5 and 7 moxa cones as well as 
      the sham-moxibustion therapy were provided successively in each of the above 
      groups. In the sham-moxibustion group, the lower 1/3 section of moxa cone (about 
      1.5 mm in length) was soaked in wanhua oil before used in treatment. In each 
      group, the treatment was given twice a week, for 10 treatments totally. 
      Separately, before treatment, after treatment and in 1-month follow-up, the 
      scores of the Northwick Park neck pain questionnaire (NPQ), the scores of McGill 
      pain questionnaire (MPQ) and the local pressure pain threshold (PPT) were 
      observed in each group. After treatment and in 1-month follow-up, the therapeutic 
      effects were evaluated in each group. RESULTS: After treatment and in 1-month 
      follow-up, NPQ scores and MPQ scores in the 3-moxa-cone group, the 5-moxa-cone 
      group and the 7-moxa-cone group were reduced as compared with those before 
      treatment separately (all P<0.01), PPT values were increased as compared with 
      those before treatment (all P<0.01). But the differences were not statistically 
      significant in the sham-moxibustion group as compared with those before treatment 
      (all P>0.05). After treatment and in 1-month follow-up, NPQ scores and MPQ scores 
      in the 3-moxa-cone group, the 5-moxa-cone group and the 7-moxa-cone group were 
      lower as compared with the sham-moxibustion group separately (all P<0.05), PPT 
      values were higher as compared with the sham-moxibustion group (all P<0.05). 
      After treatment, the NPQ score and MPQ score in the 7-moxa-cone group were lower 
      than the 3-moxa-cone group and PPT values was higher than the 3-moxa-cone group 
      (all P<0.05). After treatment and in 1-month follow-up, the therapeutic effects 
      in the 3-moxa-cone group, the 5-moxa-cone group and the 7-moxa-cone group were 
      better than the sham-moxibustion group separately (all P<0.05). But, the 
      therapeutic effects were not significantly different in comparison among the 
      moxibusiton groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: The direct moxibustion therapy with 
      different small-moxa-cones effectively relieves chronic neck pain. There is a 
      trend of improvement of the therapeutic effects with increase of the numbers of 
      moxa cones.
FAU - Lu, Lu
AU  - Lu L
AD  - Department of TCM, Fifth Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, 
      Guangzhou 510700, Guangdong Province, China.
FAU - Fu, Jun-Mei
AU  - Fu JM
AD  - Department of TCM, Fifth Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, 
      Guangzhou 510700, Guangdong Province, China.
FAU - Feng, Fu-Ying
AU  - Feng FY
AD  - Department of TCM, Fifth Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, 
      Guangzhou 510700, Guangdong Province, China.
FAU - Liang, Jian-Ning
AU  - Liang JN
AD  - Department of TCM, Fifth Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, 
      Guangzhou 510700, Guangdong Province, China.
FAU - Ji, Su-Li
AU  - Ji SL
AD  - Department of TCM, Fifth Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, 
      Guangzhou 510700, Guangdong Province, China.
FAU - Ma, Rui
AU  - Ma R
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM.
LA  - chi
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - China
TA  - Zhongguo Zhen Jiu
JT  - Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion
JID - 8600658
SB  - IM
MH  - Acupuncture Points
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Moxibustion
MH  - Neck Pain/therapy
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - chronic neck pain
OT  - direct moxibustion
OT  - dose-effect relationship
OT  - moxa cone
OT  - randomized controlled trial (RCT)
EDAT- 2019/07/10 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/07 06:00
CRDT- 2019/07/10 06:00
PHST- 2019/07/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/07/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.07.015 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2019 Jul 12;39(7):734-8. doi: 
      10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.07.015.