title: [Treatment of knee joint pain with superficial needling].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare therapeutic effects of superficial needling and body acupuncture on knee joint pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-six cases of knee joint pain were randomly divided into a treatment group of 48 cases treated with superficial needling, and a control group of 48 cases treated with body acupuncture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured rate was 66.7% in the treatment group and 39.6% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01). The total effective rate was 100.0% in both the two groups. The needed therapeutic times of superficial needling was significantly less than that of the body acupuncture (P< 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Superficial needling has a good therapeutic effect on knee joint pain with a shorter therapeutic course.
authors.affiliation: Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, China.
authors.forename: Yang-yang
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jing-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D018771:Arthralgia; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D010146:Pain