Research Progress of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis(KOA)mainly includes ordinary acupuncture,moxibus-tion,fire needling therapy,electro-acupuncture therapy,acupotomy,superficial needling therapy,balance needling therapy,comprehen-sive therapy,acupuncture combined with other therapies.The analysis of existing studies shows that acupuncture and moxibustion have good effect on KOA and few adverse reactions.The knee pain in patients with KOA is relieved by acupuncture treatment from peripheral and central levels to exert therapeutic effects.However,the scientific mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of KOA is still unclear,and there are the following problems:(1)Some studies have not classified the patients or grade them according to the degree of the disease,which results in differences in efficacy and deviations in the research results;(2)The inclusion criteria and efficacy criteria of patients are not unified;(3)The small number of samples of the research subjects will reduce the credibility and rec-ognition of the experimental results.In future research,the relevant experiments should be better improved,the mechanism of acupunc-ture and moxibustion in the treatment of KOA should be fundamentally studied,the disease should be considered from many aspects,manifestations and root cause should be taken into concurrently,and the compound therapy of acupuncture and moxibustion combined with other therapies should be better used to treat KOA.
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