title: [Clinical observation on warming-promotion acupuncture for lumbar muscle strain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the theraputic effect of warming-promotion acupuncture for lumbar muscle strain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-four cases were randomly divided into a warming-promotion acupuncture group(group A) and a routine acupuncture group (group B), 32 cases in each group. The group A was treated with acupuncture at Shenshu (BL 23) and Guanyuanshu (BL 26) with warming-promotion acupuncture method, (Guanyuanshu (BL 26), Yaoyangguan (GV 3), Weizhong (BL 40) with twirling uniform reinforcing-reducing method. The group B was treated with acupuncture at same acupoints only with twirling uniform reinforcing-reducing method. After four-session treatment, the theraputic effect of two groups was compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured and markedly effective rate of 65.6% (21/32) in the group A, which was superior to that of 40.6% (13/32)in the group B (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The efficiency on lumbar muscle strain treated with warming-promotion acupuncture is superior to that with routine acupuncture, means a suitable manipulation can enhance the therapeutic effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,The Second People's Hospital of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China. humeilin2008@163.com
authors.forename: Mei-Lin
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Run-Ping
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000293:injuries*; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult