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Acupuncture Research
MUSCULO-SKELETAL DISORDERS
Effects of acupuncture plus acupoint
sticking on bone mass density and pain in the patient of primary
osteoporosis
Xu YL, Jin JJ, Xu DY, Zheng Y.
Clinical Medical College, Gansu College of TCM, Lanzhou 730000,
China. xyl0931@126.com
OBJECTIVE: To observe effects of acupuncture plus acupoint
sticking of Migudan on bone mass density (BMD) and pain in
the patient of primary osteoporosis.
METHODS: By computer random number generating method, the
patients were randomly divided into a treatment group treated
with acupuncture plus acupoint sticking of Migudan, and a
control group treated with Gaitianli, 48 cases in each group.
Changes of their BMD and cumulative scores of pain after treatment
were investigated.
RESULTS: Acupuncture plus acupoint sticking of Migudan could
relieve cumulative score of bone pain in the patient of primary
osteoporosis as compared with the control group (P 0.01),
with 95% CI= 4.05 to approximately 4. 31 points; acupuncture
plus acupoint sticking of Migudan could increase significantly
BMD in the patients as compared with the control group (P
< 0.05), L2 to approximately L4 BMD 95% CI = 0.029 to approximately
0.073 g/cm2, the neck of femur BMD 95% CI = 0.013 to approximately
0.047 g/cm2.
CONCLUSION: Acupuncture plus acupoint sticking of Migudan
has definite therapeutic effect on primary osteoporosis.
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