Warm needling combined with lontophoresis of Chinese medicine for temporomandibular joint disorder
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Warm needling combined with lontophoresis of Chinese medicine for temporomandibular joint disorder
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2014), Liu Min-juan;Mu Jing-ping.
Abstract
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of warm needling combined with iontophoresis of Chinese medicine for temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). Methods: A total of 100 TMD cases were randomly allocated into a treatment group and a control group, 50 in each group. Cases in the treatment group were treated with warm needling combined with iontophoresis of Chinese medicine, whereas cases in the control group were treated with Western medication The therapeutic efficacies in two groups were assessed after three courses of treatment. Results: The recovery rate and total effective rate were 54.0% and 98.0% respectively in the treatment group, versus 30.0% and 82.0% in the control group, showing significant differences (both P<0.05). The recovery rates in the treatment group were higher than those in the control group respectively after 1, 2, and 3 courses of treatment, indicating that warm needling combined with iontophoresis of Chinese medicine could substantially shorten the course of treatment. Conclusion: Warm needling combined with iontophoresis of Chinese medicine is remarkably effective for TMD and deserves further clinical application.
Alternative Title
J Acupunct Tuina Sci
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Language
English
doi
10.1007/s11726-014-0796-4
issn
1672-3597
issue
5
page end
320
page start
316
volume
12