METHODS: A total of 66 patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis of frozen stage were randomly divided into a combination group (31 cases) and an acupuncture group (35 cases, 1 case dropped off). Both groups were given functional exercise. Patients in the acupuncture group were treated with acupuncture at Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14), Binao (LI 14) and ashi point on the affected side, once every other day, three times a week, for a total of 4 weeks. On the basis of treatment in the acupuncture group, the patients in the combination group were treated with pricking and cupping at Jianbo area (the area surrounded by the 3 acupoints of Tianzong [SI 11], Naoshu [SI 10] and Jianzhen [SI 9]), once a week for 4 weeks. The University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) shoulder joint score, visual analogue scale (VAS) score before treatment, after treatment and after 6 months of treatment completion (follow-up) and tenderness threshold before and after treatment, and the clinical effects of the two groups after treatment and in follow-up were evaluated.
RESULTS: In the two groups, after treatment and in follow-up, the UCLA shoulder joint scores were higher than those before treatment (P<0.05), and the VAS scores were lower than those before treatment (P<0.05). In the combination group, after treatment and in follow-up, the UCLA shoulder joint score was higher than that of the acupuncture group (P<0.05), and the VAS score was lower than that of the acupuncture group (P<0.05). After treatment, the tenderness thresholds of the two groups were higher than those before treatment (P<0.05), and the tenderness threshold in the combination group was higher than that in the acupuncture group (P<0.05). After treatment and in follow-up, the cured and markedly effective rate of the combination group was 48.4% (15/31) and 51.6% (16/31) respectively, which was higher than 23.5% (8/34) and 23.5% (8/34) of the acupuncture group (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Pricking and cupping in Jianbo area combined with conventional acupuncture can improve shoulder joint function and relieve shoulder joint pain in patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis of frozen stage, and the curative effect is better than that of single conventional acupuncture.
目的:比较肩膊区刺络拔罐联合常规针刺与常规针刺治疗肩周炎冻结期的临床疗效。方法:将66例肩周炎冻结期患者随机分为联合组(31例)和针刺组(35例,脱落1例)。两组患者均予功能锻炼。针刺组患者取患侧肩髃、肩髎、臂臑、阿是穴等进行针刺治疗,隔日1次,每周针刺3次,共治疗4周。在针刺组治疗的基础上,联合组于患者肩膊区(天宗、臑俞、肩贞3穴连线区域内)行刺络拔罐治疗,每周1次,共治疗4周。比较两组患者治疗前后、治疗结束后6个月随访时美国加州大学(UCLA)肩关节评分、疼痛视觉模拟量表(VAS)评分及治疗前后压痛阈值,并评定两组患者治疗后、随访时的临床疗效。结果:治疗后、随访时,两组患者UCLA肩关节评分均较治疗前升高、VAS评分均较治疗前降低(P<0.05),且联合组UCLA肩关节评分高于针刺组、VAS评分低于针刺组(P<0.05)。治疗后,两组患者压痛阈值均较治疗前升高(P<0.05),且联合组高于针刺组(P<0.05)。治疗后、随访时,联合组愈显率分别为48.4%(15/31)和51.6%(16/31),均高于针刺组的23.5%(8/34)和23.5%(8/34,P<0.05)。结论:肩膊区刺络拔罐联合常规针刺能改善肩周炎冻结期患者肩关节功能、减轻肩关节疼痛,疗效优于常规针刺。.