[Randomized controlled study on acupuncture treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of acpuncture treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).


METHODS
Nighty cases of CFS were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 45 cases in each group. The observation group was treated with acupunture at Renying (ST 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Baihui (GV 20); the control group was treated with 250 mL 5% Glucose injectio combined with 20 mL Shenmai injectio. Fatigue Scale (FS) was used to compare the scores between the two groups after treatment.


RESULTS
The total scores in the observation group were 9.37 +/- 2.33 and 5.41 +/- 1.96 before and after treatment respectively, and in the control group, they were 9.08 +/- 2.27 and 7.34 +/- 2.03 respectively. FS brainwork integral, physical fatigue integral, and total integral all decreased after treatment in two groups (all P < 0.001), and it decreased much more obviously in the observation group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Both of the acpuncture treatment and Shenmai injectio are able to decrease fatigue scale score, improve the fatigue symptoms of CFS patients, and the effect of acupucture treatment is obviously superior to that of Shenmai injectio.
Chen
Xing-Hua
XH
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou 510405, China. dr_xinghua@yahoo.com.cn
Li
Lu-Qian
LQ
Zhang
Wen
W
Yang
Juan
J
Dai
Yi-Shuang
YS
Xu
Dong-Hua
DH
Tang
Chun-Zhi
CZ
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome