Abstract：Objective To compare the effect of acupunctural therapy combined with acupoint catgut embedding and conventional acupunctural in the treatment of sciatica.Methods From January 2016 to September 30,2017,72 patients with sciatica from the department of acupuncture and massage in both outpatient clinic and inpatient of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Mile City were selected as the study subjects.They were divided into acupuncture group and embedding group by the random number table method,with 36 cases in each group.Patients in the acupuncture group were treated with conventional acupunctural therapy,and patients in the embedding group were treated with acupunctural therapy combined with acupoint catgut embedding.The total therapeutic efficiency of the two groups were compared.The visual analogue scale (VAS) score on pain at 5 and 10 days after treatment,the six-point behavioral rating (BRS-6) score,the modified Japanese Orthopedics Association lower back pain (JOA) score,and the follow-up JOA score at 3 months after treatment were compared between the two groups.Results After 10 days of treatment,the total effectiveness rate of the embedding group was 97.22%,which was higher than that of the acupuncture group accounting for 86.11%,with statistically significant difference (P＜0.05).After 5 and 10 days of treatment,the VAS and BRS-6 scores in the embedding group were lower than those in the acupuncture group,the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05).The JOA score in the embedding group was higher than that in the acupuncture group,with statistically significant difference (P＜0.05).After 3 months of follow-up,the total improvement rate (100.00%) of patients in the embedding group was higher than that in the acupuncture group (94.44%),with statistically significant difference (P＜0.05).Conclusion Acupunctural therapy combined with acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of patients with sciatica not only obtains an obvious short-term analgesic effect,but also has a long-term curative effect with a low recurrence rate.It is worthy of clinical application.
李金艳； 杨丽. 针刺联合穴位埋线治疗坐骨神经痛的效果[J]. 中国当代医药, 2020, 27(1): 168-170转174.
LI Jin-yan； YANG Li. Effect of acupunctural therapy combined with acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of sciatica. 中国当代医药, 2020, 27(1): 168-170转174.
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