Jianjiao Mou, Qiong Wang, Juan Wu, Leixiao Zhang, Yang-An Li, Zhichao Luo, Jiayi An, Tao Sun, Xinlei Zheng, Yan Wang, Kehui Hu
BACKGROUND: Fu's subcutaneous needling (FSN) is an acupuncture technique for the treatment of soft tissue diseases. Knee osteoarthritis often involves lower limb muscles. This study aimed to observe and compare the clinical efficacy of Fu's subcutaneous acupuncture and electroacupuncture in the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS: 62 patients with early or medial stage of knee osteoarthritis were randomly divided into the FSN therapy group or the electroacupuncture(EA) therapy group (1:1)...
December 28, 2023: Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing