New Acupuncture Treatments Treatment Of Shoulder Periarthritis, Randomized Controlled Clinical Observation

Scapulohumeral periarthritis is a kind of axenic chronic inflammation, which is on account of the strain and anaplasia of the parenchyma of shoulder including muscle, ligamenta, tendon, joint capsule. People over fifty years old frequently suffer from it; it has bad effect on life quality. The new therapy of the stone needle comes into being these years. The objective of the research is observing and evaluating objectively of the clinical effect of the new therapy of the stone needle.I.The part of literature review:First of all, the article refers to lots of Chinese literatures in all ages in order to making a summary of history, treat elements, actuality of clinical treatment of the new therapy of the stone needle. Second of all, the article refers to a number of western and Chinese medicine literatures to sum up the define, history, pathogeny, pathology, typing and actuality of treatment about frozen shoulder in separate aspect, one is western medicine, the other is Chinese medicine.II.The part of clinical research:Objective: The objective of this thesis is to study the clinical curative effect of the new therapy of the stone needle. It takes the clinical trial of the frozen shoulder treated by stone needle to make out objective and scientific estimate, and provide therapeutic evidence for spreading of the new therapy of the stone needle.Methods: It takes randomize and comparison as the principles of clinical trials. Eighty patients of DongZhimen hospital who suffer from scapulohumeral periarthristis and accord with the diagnose standards will be divided into two groups, forty patients each group. These patients of two groups accept different treatment. The treatment group including 40 patients takes the new therapy of the stone needle; the control group including 40 patients takes the treatment of electric acupuncture. Both two treatments comply with therapy scheme. The fraction of shoulder pain and shoulder activity is selected as observed index. The results and conclusion are based on the statistical processing and analysis of the index.Results: The new therapy of the stone needle has better effect on easing pain and improving shoulder activity than that of the treatment of acupuncture. There is no notable difference on instant effect of relieving pain between two therapies. The instant effect of improving shoulder activity of stone needle is dissatisfactory. Concerning different types of patients, the new therapy of the stone needle has good effect on the patients of type of stagnancy of qi and blood stasis. Furthermore, the new therapy of the stone needle has better effect on the total effect (the ratio of total effective is 68.5%), effect of easing pain (the ratio of total effective is 86.8%) and improving shoulder activity (the ratio of total effective is 52.6%) than acupuncture. Both two therapy have long-date effect of easing pain and improving shoulder activity.Conclusion: 1.The new therapy of the stone needle has good effect on easing pain, improving shoulder activity , instant effect of relieving pain and long-date effect of easing pain and improving shoulder activity .2.The effect on tatal effect, easing pain, improving shoulder activity of the new therapy of the stone needle is better than that of acupuncture. 3. The new therapy of the stone needle has best effect on the patients of stagnancy of qi and blood stasis. 4. The new therapy of the stone needle has better effect on the total effect, effect of easing pain and improving shoulder activity than acupuncture.