Quantitative Assessment of the Clinical Efficacy of Joint Needling plus Warm Needling in Treating Shoulder Periarthritis Patients

Objective To investigate the efficacy of joint needling plus warm needling in relieving pain and improving motor function in shoulder periarthritis patients. Methods A randomized controlled trial was designed. Sixty-six shoulder periarthritis patients were randomly allocated to an observation group of 33 cases and a control group of 33 cases. The observation group received joint needling plus warm needling and the control group, conventional needling plus warm needling. The therapeutic effects on pain and motor function were evaluated using the Simplified Mcgill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and the Shoulder Periarthritis Rehabilitation and physiotherapy Function Assessment respectively. Results There was no statistically significant difference in the total efficacy rate between the two groups (P0.05). There were statistically significant differences in Pain Rating Index-Affective (PRI-A) subscore and Pain Rating Index-Total (PRI-T) score (P0.05) and no statistically significant differences in Pain Rating Index-Sensory (PRI-S) subscore, Visual Analogous Scale (VAS) score and Present Pain Intensity (PPI) score (P0.05) between the two groups. There were statistically significant differences in shoulder intorsion subscore, hand-touch-back subscore, hand-touch-ear subscore and motor function score (P0.05) and no statistically significant difference in shoulder extorsion subscore (P0.05) between the two groups. Conclusion Joint needling plus warm needling is superior to conventional needling in relieving painful emotion and improving shoulder motor function.