30 cases of cervico-shoulder myofascitis treated by meridian scraping therapy combined with pricking and cupping therapy

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30 cases of cervico-shoulder myofascitis treated by meridian scraping therapy combined with pricking and cupping therapy

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Intl J of Clin Acupunct (2016), Shi, Yang; Huang, Meizhou; Luo, Haijun.

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Objective: To investigate the efficacy of the combination of meridian scraping along with pricking and cupping therapy on cervico-shoulder myofascitis. Method: 60 patients were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group. the treatment group was treated by combination of meridian scraping and pricking and cupping therapy while the control group by conventional acupuncture. The therapeutic effect was evaluated by visula analog pain scale (VAS) and soft tissue injury symptom scale before and after treatment. Result: Compared with that before treatment, the differences in visual analog pain score and soft tissue injury symptom grading scale scores were statistically significant in both groups after treatment (P<0.01), indicating the two treatment methods can reduce pain and improve soft tissue injury symptoms. The statistically significant differences between the two groups (P<0.05), indicated that the efficacy in the treatment group was better than that of the control group.

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Intl J of Clin Acupunct

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English

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1047-1979

issue

4

page end

280

page start

278

volume

25

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