To observe the clinical efficacy differences between needle-knife combined with pseudo-ginseng-cake moxibustion and oral administration of western medication for primary knee osseous arthritis (PKOA) of blood stasis syndrome.
Sixty cases of PKOA of blood stasis syndrome were randomly assigned to an observation group and a control group. Patients in the observation group (30 patients, 38 knees) were treated with needle-knife combined with pseudo-ginseng-cake moxibustion, while patients in the control group (30 patients, 36 knees) were oral administration of western medication. The treatment was given three weeks continuously. The knee osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS) was adopted to observe the knee pain, symptoms and stiffness, daily life, sport and entertainment function, daily life quality score and total score in the two groups before and after treatment. The follow-up visit was performed two months after the treatment to evaluate the long-term efficacy.
The total effective rate was 97.4% (37/38) in the observation group, which was significantly superior to 77.8% (28/36) in the control group (
The needle-knife combined with pseudo-ginseng-cake moxibustion could significantly improve the symptoms of PKOA of blood stasis syndrome, which was superior to oral administration of western medication alone and had better long-term effects.