title: [Study on the efficacy graded-disease-spectrum of acupuncture and moxibustion by the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation techniques: musculoskeletal and connective tissue diseases].
abstract: The descriptive cross sectional surveys were carried out among the outstanding clinical physicians in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion by using the survey sampling. The fuzzy comprehensive evaluation techniques was applied to evaluate the opinions of clinical experts in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion in order to classify the spectrum of diseases related to the musculoskeletal and connective tissue. After the statistical analysis on sixty-four diseases with 104 subtypes, the spectrum of diseases were determined as grade I spectrum of diseases with 13 subtypes of diseases, grade II spectrum of diseases with 51 subtypes of diseases, grade III spectrum of diseases with 10 subtypes of diseases, and grade IV spectrum of diseases with 30 subtypes of diseases. The outcomes reveal that acupuncture and moxibustion therapy have been applied widely for musculoskeletal diseases and connective tissue related diseases.
authors.affiliation: The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. jpjs_ccn@sina.com
authors.forename: Yuan-Hao
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yan-Long
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wei-Hong
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xiao-Miao
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires