Therapeutic Observation on Warm-needling Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

Objective To observe the long-term clinical effect of warm-needling therapy in treating knee osteoarthritis(KOA).Method Sixty patients with KOA were randomized into a treatment group and a control group,30 in each.The treatment group was intervened by warm-needling therapy,and the control group was by medication.The WOMAC was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect before treatment,after 2-course treatment,and in the 3-month follow-up study.Result After 2 treatment courses,the total effective rate was 86.7% in the treatment group versus 90.0% in the control group,and the difference was insignificant(P0.05).The result of the 3-month follow-up study showed that,the total effective rate was 83.3% in the treatment group versus 60.0% in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P0.05).The 3-month follow-up study also found that the subitem scores of WOMAC in the treatment group were all significantly different from those in the control group(P0.01,P0.05).Conclusion Warm-needling therapy is an effective approach in treating KOA.