title: [Clinical observation on therapeutic effect and instant analgestic effect of inhibitory-needling at Ashi point as major point for treatment of piriformis syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe therapeutic effect and analgesic eJfect of needling at Ashi point for treatment of piriformis syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty cases were randomly divided into an inhibitory-needling method group (INM) and a routine-needling method group (RNM), forty cases in each group. The acupuncture at Ashi point as major point with inhibitory-needling munipulation was applied in the INM group, the acupuncture at Huantiao (GB 30) ,Zhibian (BL 54) ,Yanglingquan (GB 34) with routine-needling method in the RNM group. The therapeutic effect, the instant analgesic effect and score of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, the effective rate of 92.5% in the INM group was better than that of 82.5% in the RNM group (P < 0.05); the instant analgesic effect rate of 75.0% in the INM group was better than that of 52.5% in the RNM group (P < 0.01); the score of VAS in both groups had decreased with a significant difference between two groups (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment of inserting the needle at Ashi point as major point with inhibitory-needling method has excellent effectiveness and good instant analgesic effect, with fewer points selection and rapid effect.
authors.affiliation: Nanning Acupuncture and Moxibustin Institute, Nanning 530012, China.
authors.forename: Ren-Nian
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yong-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D015667:Acupuncture Analgesia; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012585:Sciatica / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult