Clinical observation on acupoint injection for back pain in patients with primary osteoporosis

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Clinical observation on acupoint injection for back pain in patients with primary osteoporosis 穴位注射治疗原发性骨质疏松症患者腰背痛临床观察 Hua Ying (华英), Wang Yan (王燕), Wu Shao-chang (吴绍长) Lishui Second People’s Hospital, Zhejiang 323000, China

Abstract Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of acupoint injection with salmon calcitonin for back pain in elderly patients with primary osteoporosis. Methods: A total of 76 patients were selected and randomly divided into two groups by the random number table method, with 39 cases in the treatment group and 37 cases in the control group, respectively. Patients in both groups received routine anti-osteoporosis treatment. Patients in the treatment group received additional acupoint injection with salmon calcitonin at bilateral Pishu (BL 20) and Shenshu (BL 23), while patients in the control group received additional intramuscular injection with salmon calcitonin. The treatments for both groups were given once a day and lasted for 4 weeks. Visual analog scale (VAS) and Chinese Oswestry disability index (CODI) scores were observed before treatment, after 2 weeks and 4 weeks of treatment, and the use of analgesics during the treatment were recorded. Results: After treatment, the clinical efficacy in the treatment group was more significant than that in the control group (P