Effect of Balance Acupuncture on Shoulder Motion in Scapulohumeral Periarthritis

Objective To investigate the effect of balance acupuncture at shoulder pain point on shoulder motion in scapulohumeralperiarthritis.Methods A multicenter randomized controlled study was carried out.Two hundred and twenty-two patients with scapulohumeralperiarthritis were randomly allocated to treatment and control groups,111 cases each.The treatment group received balance acupuncture and the control group,conventional filiform-needle acupuncture.The pre-and post-treatment Melle scores were counted and the therapeutic effect on overall symptoms was evaluated in the two groups.Results There was a statistically significant difference in shoulder abduction after one treatment and at the second and third follow-ups between the two groups of patients(P0.05).There was a statistically significant difference in hand moving to neck at the third follow-up(P0.05) and in hand moving to mouth after one treatment(P0.05) between the two groups of patients.Conclusions Bothbalance acupuncture and conventional acupuncture can improve shoulder function in patients with scapulohumeralperiarthritis.balance acupuncture has a more marked immediate effect.