Warm needling therapy for sciatica: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract

【Abstract】Objective: To assess the clinical effect of warm needling therapy in managing sciatica. Methods: Fifty patients with sciatica were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 25 in each. The treatment group received warm needling therapy, and the control received ordinary acupuncture therapy. The treatment effects were assessed after three treatment sessions. Results: The cured rate and total effective rate were 68.0% and 88.0% respectively in the treatment group, versus 36.0% and 66.0% in the control, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Warm needling therapy can effectively improve the clinical symptoms in managing sciatica, with better effects compared with ordinary acupuncture therapy. 【Key Words】Acupuncture Therapy; Needle Warming Therapy; Indirect Moxibusion; Sciatica 【摘要】 目的：观察温针灸治疗坐骨神经痛的临床疗效。 方法：将 50 例坐骨神经痛患者随机分成两组， 治疗组 25 例，采用温针灸治疗，对照组 25 例，单用针刺治疗。观察两组患者治疗 3 个疗程后的临床疗 效。结果：治疗组治愈率为 68.0%，总有效率为 88.0%，明显优于对照组的 36.0%和 66.0%，两组差异具 有统计学意义(P<0.05) 。结论：温针灸治疗坐骨神经痛能有效地改善临床症状，疗效优于单纯针刺治疗。 【关键词】针刺疗法；温针疗法；间接灸；坐骨神经痛 【中图分类号】R246.6 【文献标志码】A

Observation on therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture plus acupoint-injection for nerve root sciatica

“…Clinically, it is divided into the nerve root type and the nerve trunk type. The nerve root type is often caused by lumbar disc herniation, tuberculosis or deformity of lumbar vertebrae, intraspinal tumor and lumbar spinal stenosis, mostly by lumbar disc herniation [2][3] . The long-term and repeated pain seriously influences the patients' quality of life.…”