[Clinical study on treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome with penetration needling at the back].
OBJECTIVE
To compare therapeutic effects of penetration needling at the back and western medicine on fibromyalgia syndrome (FS).


METHODS
Thirty-eight cases were randomly divided into the observation group treated with penetration needling at the first and second lines of The Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang and Governor Vessel, and the control group treated mainly with oral administration of amitriptyline, 19 cases in each group.


RESULTS
There were significant differences in the cured-markedly effective rate and the results of follow-up for 6 months for the cured-markedly effective cases between the observation group and the control group (all P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Penetration needling therapy in the therapeutic effect on fibromyalgia syndrome is better than the medical treatment.
Guo
Ying
Y
Heilongjiang University of TCM, Harbin 150040, China. lili2797@sina.com
Sun
Yuan-zheng
YZ
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005356:Fibromyalgia; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D016740:Meridians