Acupuncture treatment of tennis elbow curative effect
World Academic Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association Lei Li Li Chen
Recently, the International Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society led a joint international acupuncture treatment for tennis elbow clinical research project at the University of Technology, Sydney, Paracelsus Acupuncture Institute of Italy, Hong Kong Baptist University and Changchun University of Chinese Medicine. The conference was held in Beijing. The study showed that acupuncture treatment of tennis elbow is effective.
According to Liu Weihong, director of the academic department of the World Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (hereinafter referred to as the World Acupuncture Federation), the international multicenter clinical research project of acupuncture and treatment of tennis elbow is an international multicenter randomized controlled clinical study. It was formally launched in April 2012 with the aim of To evaluate the effect of acupuncture and sham laser treatment on chronic elbow lateral pain (three months or more). The assessment indicators included shoulder-arm-hand disability score (DASH), pain grip strength (PFGS), and local pressure pain threshold (PPT). )Wait.
From April 2012 to May 2013, Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine took advantage of its many patients and was responsible for carrying out pre-experimental studies to explore the feasibility of selected acupuncture methods and research programs. The University of Technology’s research project plan was drafted. Registration; Hong Kong Baptist University conducted a systematic analysis of the existing literature on acupuncture for the treatment of tennis elbows; the Italian Paracelsus Acupuncture Institute was responsible for translating relevant research data into Italian.
From May 2013 to March 2014, according to the results of 40 trials of Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the total sample size of this study was calculated as 96 cases. Four centers took 24 cases of observation and entered the second. Phase of research. In this study, randomized grouping, double-blind evaluation by subjects and observers, and third-party evaluations, 96 patients with tennis elbow were divided into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group took Quchi and Shisanli points and used a Qinglong pendulum acupuncture treatment. The control group was treated with sham laser on the same acupuncture points, 3 times a week for a total of 3 weeks. The shoulder-arm-hand disability score (DASH) was used as the main observation index, and pain (VAS), painless grip force (PFGS) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) were taken as secondary observations. The four clinical centers submitted the data to the Hong Kong Baptist University. The results of the analysis showed that after 3 weeks of treatment, the patients in the treatment group had significantly better function and pain than the sham laser control group, demonstrating that the acupuncture treatment of tennis elbow The exact effect.
Professor Liu Baoyan, chairman of the World Acupuncture Federation, pointed out that the innovation of this project is the bold exploration of the organizational form and coordination method of international multi-center research on acupuncture and moxibustion, which has opened up new avenues for the international clinical study of acupuncture and moxibustion. He said that the World Federation of needles will continue to explore the model of international multi-center clinical research on acupuncture and moxibustion, and conduct research on other diseases to improve the evaluation level of clinical efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion, and provide evidence for the wider application of acupuncture in the international community. .
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