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Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the short-term and intermediate-term efficacy of acupuncture plus fire needle therapy with that of acupuncture alone in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE). METHODS: Thirty-eight patients with LE who had persisted for at least 2 months were en...

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Autores principales: Wu, Szu-Ying, Lu, Cheng-Nan, Chung, Chia-Jung, Kuo, Chun-En, Sheen, Jer-Ming, Hsueh, Tun-Pin, Chen, Ching-Chih, Bi, Kuo-Wei
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6709153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31145366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015937
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author Wu, Szu-Ying
Lu, Cheng-Nan
Chung, Chia-Jung
Kuo, Chun-En
Sheen, Jer-Ming
Hsueh, Tun-Pin
Chen, Ching-Chih
Bi, Kuo-Wei
author_facet Wu, Szu-Ying
Lu, Cheng-Nan
Chung, Chia-Jung
Kuo, Chun-En
Sheen, Jer-Ming
Hsueh, Tun-Pin
Chen, Ching-Chih
Bi, Kuo-Wei
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the short-term and intermediate-term efficacy of acupuncture plus fire needle therapy with that of acupuncture alone in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE). METHODS: Thirty-eight patients with LE who had persisted for at least 2 months were enrolled in this prospective, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled pilot trial. Twenty-one patients were randomized to the acupuncture plus fire needle group and 17 to the acupuncture-only group. The primary outcome was the visual analog scale pain score for the previous 24 hours and the secondary outcomes were the maximum grip strength, Patient-rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire score, and Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-form Health Survey score. The values at baseline (pretreatment), at the end of treatment, and at 3 months after treatment were used to assess the short-term and intermediate-term effects of treatment. The data were analyzed using the Chi-square test and t test. RESULTS: Within-group analyses showed better results for acupuncture plus fire needle therapy in the short term and intermediate term. Differences in the severity of pain and secondary outcomes were significant in the intermediate term in the acupuncture group. At the end of treatment, none of the differences in outcome scores were significant, except for maximum grip strength in the affected hand in the acupuncture group. No significant between-group differences in short-term or intermediate-term outcomes were observed. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture plus fire needle therapy was effective in the short term in patients seeking improvement of LE. Twelve treatments were effective for relieving pain and improving disability in the intermediate term in patients with chronic LE in both study groups. The findings of the pilot study confirm the feasibility of proceeding to a larger randomized controlled study of the longer-term effects of acupuncture plus fire needle therapy in patients with LE.
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spelling pubmed-67091532019-10-01 Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study Wu, Szu-Ying Lu, Cheng-Nan Chung, Chia-Jung Kuo, Chun-En Sheen, Jer-Ming Hsueh, Tun-Pin Chen, Ching-Chih Bi, Kuo-Wei Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the short-term and intermediate-term efficacy of acupuncture plus fire needle therapy with that of acupuncture alone in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE). METHODS: Thirty-eight patients with LE who had persisted for at least 2 months were enrolled in this prospective, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled pilot trial. Twenty-one patients were randomized to the acupuncture plus fire needle group and 17 to the acupuncture-only group. The primary outcome was the visual analog scale pain score for the previous 24 hours and the secondary outcomes were the maximum grip strength, Patient-rated Forearm Evaluation Questionnaire score, and Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-form Health Survey score. The values at baseline (pretreatment), at the end of treatment, and at 3 months after treatment were used to assess the short-term and intermediate-term effects of treatment. The data were analyzed using the Chi-square test and t test. RESULTS: Within-group analyses showed better results for acupuncture plus fire needle therapy in the short term and intermediate term. Differences in the severity of pain and secondary outcomes were significant in the intermediate term in the acupuncture group. At the end of treatment, none of the differences in outcome scores were significant, except for maximum grip strength in the affected hand in the acupuncture group. No significant between-group differences in short-term or intermediate-term outcomes were observed. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture plus fire needle therapy was effective in the short term in patients seeking improvement of LE. Twelve treatments were effective for relieving pain and improving disability in the intermediate term in patients with chronic LE in both study groups. The findings of the pilot study confirm the feasibility of proceeding to a larger randomized controlled study of the longer-term effects of acupuncture plus fire needle therapy in patients with LE. Wolters Kluwer Health 2019-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6709153/ /pubmed/31145366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015937 Text en Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Chung, Chia-Jung
Kuo, Chun-En
Sheen, Jer-Ming
Hsueh, Tun-Pin
Chen, Ching-Chih
Bi, Kuo-Wei
Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study
title Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study
title_full Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study
title_fullStr Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study
title_short Therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: A randomized case–control pilot study
title_sort therapeutic effects of acupuncture plus fire needle versus acupuncture alone in lateral epicondylitis: a randomized case–control pilot study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6709153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31145366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015937
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