Ying Guo1, Yuan-zheng Sun. 1. Heilongjiang University of TCM, Harbin 150040, China. lili2797@sina.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of penetration needling at the back and western medicine on fibromyalgia syndrome (FS). METHODS:Thirty-eight cases were randomly divided into the observation group treated with penetration needling at the first and second lines of The Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang and Governor Vessel, and the control group treated mainly with oral administration of amitriptyline, 19 cases in each group. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the cured-markedly effective rate and the results of follow-up for 6 months for the cured-markedly effective cases between the observation group and the control group (all P < 0.01). CONCLUSION:Penetration needling therapy in the therapeutic effect on fibromyalgia syndrome is better than the medical treatment.
RCT Entities:
OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of penetration needling at the back and western medicine on fibromyalgia syndrome (FS). METHODS: Thirty-eight cases were randomly divided into the observation group treated with penetration needling at the first and second lines of The Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang and Governor Vessel, and the control group treated mainly with oral administration of amitriptyline, 19 cases in each group. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the cured-markedly effective rate and the results of follow-up for 6 months for the cured-markedly effective cases between the observation group and the control group (all P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Penetration needling therapy in the therapeutic effect on fibromyalgia syndrome is better than the medical treatment.
Authors: John C Deare; Zhen Zheng; Charlie C L Xue; Jian Ping Liu; Jingsheng Shang; Sean W Scott; Geoff Littlejohn Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2013-05-31