Effect of Warm Acupuncture Combined with Pingle Plaster External Application on Knee Joint Function and Inflammatory Factors in Patients with Knee Joint Osteoarthritis
Objective To explore the application effect of warm acupuncture combined with Pingle plaster on joint function of patients with knee osteoarthritis.Methods A total of 106 patients with knee osteoarthritis admitted in Luoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital of Henan Province(Henan Provincial Orthopedic Hospital)from January 2020 to December 2022 were divide into the control group and the observation group by random number table method,with 53 cases in each group.The control group applied Pingle plaster externally,while the observation group applied warm acupuncture on the basis of the control group.Both groups were treated for 4 weeks continuously.The clinical efficacy after 4 weeks of treatment,score of traditional Chinese medicine syndrome,Lysholm knee scoring scale(LKSS),Western Ontario and McMaster University osteoarthritis index,visual analogue scale(VAS),level of inflammatory factor before and after 4 weeks of treatment,and the safety during the study period observed were compared between the two groups.Results After 4 weeks of treatment,the total clinical effective rate in the observation group was higher than that in the control group.Compared with before treatment,after 4 weeks of treatment,the scores of weakness and weakness of legs,knee pain,limited activity and joint swelling,Western Ontario and McMaster University osteoarthritis index,VAS,levels of serum interleukin-17(IL-17),hypersensitive C-reactive protein(hs-CRP)and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)in the two groups all decreased,and the levels in the observation group were lower than those in the control group,and LKSS all increased,and the observation group was higher than the control group(P＜0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups during the observation period(P＞0.05).Conclusion Warming acupuncture and moxibustion combined with pingle plaster external application can effectively improve the clinical treatment effect of patients with knee osteoarthritis,improve their clinical symptoms and knee joint function,reduce the pain and condition of patients,reduce the level of inflammatory factors in the body of patients,and has certain safety.
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