title: [Efficacy observation on abdominal acupuncture for adhesion-stage shoulder periarthritis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of abdominal acupuncture for adhesion-stage shoulder periarthritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and fifty-seven cases of shoulder periarthritis were randomly divided into an abdominal acupuncture group (79 cases) and a body acupuncture group (78 cases). The abdominal acupuncture was applied at Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangqu (KI 17) and Huaroumen (ST 24) in the abdominal acupuncture group while conventional acupuncture was applied at Jianyu (LI 15), Jianliao (TE 14) and Jianzhen (SI 9) in the body acupuncture group. The treatment was given three times a week for both groups and ten times made an observation course. Before and after treatment, visual analogue scale (VAS) was adopted for pain assessment and functional activity score (Mallet score) was used for shoulder joint function assessment for all the patients. Also the efficacy of both groups was compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate in the abdominal acupuncture group was 92.4% (73/79), which was superior to 71.8% (56/78) in the body acupuncture group. The score of VAS after the treatment was 2.58 +/- 1.64 in the abdominal acupuncture group while 3.12 +/- 1.93 in the body acupuncture group, which had no statistical significance between each other (P > 0.05). The functional activity score after the treatment was 8.34 +/- 3.02 in the abdominal acupuncture group while 7.49 +/- 3.36 in the body acupuncture group, which had no statistical significance between each other (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The abdominal acupuncture is an ideal treatment for adhesion-stage shoulder periarthritis, which has better total efficacy than conventional acupuncture. It achieves the same effect in relieving pain and improving functional activity as conventional acupuncture, but also has an advantage at fast selection of acupoint and less discomfort of needling sensation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Zhejiang Hospital of TCM, Hangzhou 310006, China. moxiaofenggogo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xiao-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Li-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Ya-Bei
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Xiao-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Bin-Yan
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012782:Shoulder / Q000503:physiopathology