Chondromalacia patellae treated by warming needle and rehabilitation training.
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effect of warming needle combined with rehabilitation training on chondromalacia patellae in a randomized controlled trial.


METHODS
The 92 cases were randomly divided into a treatment group treated by warming needle plus rehabilitation training (47 cases) and a control group treated by medication plus rehabilitation training (45 cases), and the therapeutic effect was compared after 20 sessions.


RESULTS
The pain was relieved more obviously in the treatment group than in the control group (P < 0.05), and the total effective rate was 91.8% and 71.1% respectively (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Warming needle plus rehabilitation training was superior in the therapeutic effect and duration of producing relief of pain to medication plus rehabilitation training in treating chondromalacia patellae.
Qiu
Ling
L
Pain Clinic of Chengdu Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Chengdu 610016, China.
Zhang
Min
M
Zhang
Ji
J
Gao
Le-Nv
LN
Chen
Da-wei
DW
Liu
Jun
J
She
Jia-yi
JY
Wang
Ling
L
Yu
Jin-yan
JY
Huang
Le-ping
LP
Bai
Yang
Y
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D046789:Chondromalacia Patellae / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000700:Analgesics