title: Chondromalacia patellae treated by warming needle and rehabilitation training.
abstract: 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.
authors: Pain Clinic of Chengdu Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, Chengdu 610016, China.
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Qiu
authors: Min
authors: M
authors: Zhang
authors: Ji
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Le-Nv
authors: LN
authors: Gao
authors: Da-wei
authors: DW
authors: Chen
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: Jia-yi
authors: JY
authors: She
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Jin-yan
authors: JY
authors: Yu
authors: Le-ping
authors: LP
authors: Huang
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Bai
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics