Jie Ma, Xiao-Yan Chu, Huo-Sheng Liu, Ji-Ya Sun, Hong-Sheng Zhan, Jian-de Xu, Tian-Feng He, Jin-Lei Ding, Li-Yan Zhou, Xi-Dong Duan, Qian Wang, Xing-Hong Bing, Shan-Ping Tao
OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical effect of combined therapy of acupotomy and electroacupuncture (EA) with the simple application of EA on knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and their influence on knee function. METHODS: Sixty-eight KOA patients were randomly divided into 2 groups, an acupotomy group and an EA group. In the acupotomy group, the combined therapy of acupotomy and EA was adopted. In the EA group, EA was simply used, delivered once every two days, 3 treatments a week;and the duration of treatment was 4 weeks...
April 25, 2024: Zhen Ci Yan Jiu, Acupuncture Research