title: [Clinical study on treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome with penetration needling at the back].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Heilongjiang University of TCM, Harbin 150040, China. lili2797@sina.com
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yuan-zheng
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005356:Fibromyalgia; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D016740:Meridians