Acupuncture for the treatment of pain of osteoarthritic knees.
Acupuncture for the treatment of pain of osteoarthritic knees.
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10.1002/art.1790070304
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发表时间：
1994-09-01
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Wessel, J
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Takeda, W;Wessel, J
目的：本研究的目的是确定是否针灸是更有效的比假针灸在减少疼痛的人与骨关节炎（OA）的knee.METHODS：40名受试者（20名男性，20名女性）与放射学证据的OA的膝盖按性别分层，并随机分配到实验（真实的针灸）或对照（假针灸）组。受试者每周接受三次治疗，持续3周，并在三个测试阶段进行评估。结果指标为：1）麦吉尔疼痛问卷的疼痛等级指数，2）西安大略和麦克马斯特大学（WOMAC）骨关节炎指数，3）膝关节四个部位的疼痛阈值。结果：方差分析显示，真实的和假针灸都显著降低了OA膝关节的疼痛、僵硬和身体残疾，但两组之间没有显著差异。针灸治疗OA疼痛并不比假针灸更有效。
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether acupuncture was more effective than sham acupuncture in the reduction of pain in persons with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.METHODS: Forty subjects (20 men, 20 women) with radiographic evidence of OA of the knee were stratified by gender and randomly assigned to either the experimental (real acupuncture) or control (sham acupuncture) groups. Subjects were treated three times per week for 3 weeks and evaluated at three test sessions. Outcome measures were: 1) the Pain Rating Index of the McGill Pain Questionnaire, 2) the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis Index, and 3) pain threshold at four sites at the knee.RESULTS: The analyses of variance showed that both real and sham acupuncture significantly reduced pain, stiffness, and physical disability in the OA knee, but that there were no significant differences between groups.CONCLUSIONS: Acupuncture is not more effective than sham acupuncture in the treatment of OA pain.