【作者】 Zhou Guang-ming, Jiang Jun, Zhang Yan

【机构】 本站原创

【摘要】

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture combined with tuina manipulation for thoracic facet joint disorder.

Methods: A total of 93 eligible cases were randomly allocated into an observation group and a control group. Patients in the observation group (n=46) were treated with acupuncture combined with tuina manipulation, whereas patients in the control group (n=47) were treated with tuina manipulation alone. The treatment was done once a day, for a total of 3 times. Therapeutic efficacies were then evaluated according to scores on signs and symptoms.

Results: After treatment, there were intra-group statistically significant differences in scores of eight signs and symptoms (all P＜0.01); and the between-group differences were statistically significant in scores of eight signs and symptoms (all P＜0.05). After three times of treatment, the recovery rate in the observation group was 54.4%, versus 25.4% in the control group, showing a statistical significance (P＜0.05).

Conclusion: Acupuncture combined with tuina manipulation can obtain better effects than tuina manipulation alone for thoracic facet joint disorder and is therefore worth further clinical application.