Clinical efficacy comparison of moxibustion with different doses for knee osteoarthritis
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Clinical efficacy comparison of moxibustion with different doses for knee osteoarthritis 不同灸量艾灸治疗膝骨关节炎的临床疗效对比 Wu Yi-wen (吴燚雯)1,2, Dai Ming (戴明)2, Chen Bi-song (陈碧松)1,2, Chen Jing (陈静)1,2 1 Graduate School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China 2 Acupuncture-moxibustion Department, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, China
Abstract Objective: To compare the efficacy of moxibustion with different doses for knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and explore the correlation between moxibustion dose and clinical efficacy. Methods: Sixty-eight patients with KOA who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into a 20-minute moxibustion group and a 40-minute moxibustion group by the random number table method, with 34 cases in each group. Dubi (ST 35), Neixiyan (EX-LE 4) and Heding (EX-LE 2) were used for moxibustion in the two groups. Each treatment lasted 20 min or 40 min for each point in the 20-minute moxibustion group and 40-minute moxibustion group, separately; the treatment was given 3 times a week and lasted for 4 weeks. The visual analog scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster University osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom scores were evaluated before and after treatment to compare the efficacy between different moxibustion doses for KOA. Results: After treatment, the total effective rate was 87.5% in the 40-minute moxibustion group, versus 70.0% in the 20-minute moxibustion group, and the difference in the total effective rate between the two groups was statistically significant (P
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