title: [Randomized controlled trials of acupuncture at Tiaokou (ST 38) for treatment of periarthritis of shoulder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the basic therapeutic function of Tiaokou (ST 38).
  
  
  METHODS
  According to clinically multi-central randomized controlled and single-blind test principle, 257 cases of periarthritis of shoulder were divided into two groups, a test group (n = 124) treated with oral anti-inflammatory analgesic medicine combined with acupuncture at Tiaokou (ST 38), and a control group (n = 133) treated with oral anti-inflammatory analgesic medicine. Their therapeutic effects were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate for stopping pain was 96.0% in the test group and 91.7% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P< 0.01). And the total effective rate for improvement of shoulder activity was 86.3% in the test group and 59.4% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral anti-inflammatory analgesic medicine combined with acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effect on periarthritis of shoulder, which is better than that of simple oral anti-inflammatory analgesic medicine.
authors.affiliation: School of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Beijing University of TCM, Beijing 100029, China. guochangqing66@163.com
authors.forename: Chang-qing
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Fo-ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sha
authors.forename: Guang-hao
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yun-xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ji-ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Bi-fa
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Hui-fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shi-liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong-wang
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Rui-hua
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Li-xin
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000628:therapy; D012782:Shoulder; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000628:therapy; D016037:Single-Blind Method