1. Observation on clinical efficacy of warm needling therapy for chronic lumbar strain
- Author
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Kai-tao Luo, Fang-fang Gu, and Gao-feng Zhu
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Dry needling ,Visual analogue scale ,business.industry ,Strain (injury) ,medicine.disease ,Low back pain ,Treatment and control groups ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lumbar ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Anesthesia ,Sprains and strains ,medicine ,Acupuncture ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
To observe the clinical efficacy of warm needling therapy for chronic lumbar strain. A total of 60 patients with chronic lumbar strain who met the inclusion criteria were randomized into a treatment group and a control group by the random number table, with 30 cases in each group. The treatment group was treated with warm needling therapy, while the control group was treated with ordinary acupuncture treatment. The treatments were both performed once every other day, and 7 times constituted a course of treatment. Visual analog scale (VAS) score was used to assess the degree of pain and the clinical efficacy was compared between the two groups. The total effective rate of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group (P 0.05). After treatment, the VAS scores of both groups decreased significantly, and the intra-group differences were statistically significant (both P
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- 2018