title: [Observation on therapeutic effect of tendon-muscle picking therapy on myofascitis of back].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe clinical therapeutic effect of tendon-muscle picking therapy on myofascitis of back.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twelve cases were randomly divided into a tendon-muscle picking therapy group and an electroacupuncture (EA) group, 56 cases in each group. The tendon-muscle picking therapy group were treated by picking pain tendon-muscle tubercles on the back, and the EA group by EA at Dazhu (BI. 11), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Tianzong (SI 11) and Jiaji (EX-B 2). Their therapeutic effects were compared after treatment for 2 courses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate was 89.3% in the tendon-muscle picking therapy group and 78.6% in the EA group with a significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tendon-muscle picking therapy has a good therapeutic effect on myofascitis of back.
authors.affiliation: Pain Department, Guangxi Hospital of Zhuang Medicine, Nanning 530001, China. lshynn@163.com
authors.forename: Shu-Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Liang