title: [Sacroiliac joint injury treated with oblique insertion at anatomical points: a randomized controlled trial].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the effects of oblique insertion at anatomical points and conventional acupuncture for sacroiliac joint injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 40 cases in each one. In the observation group, oblique insertion therapy at anatomical points was used, and the 9 points of equal division (anatomical points) marked by palpating the anatomical symbol were treated as the insertion acupoints. In the control group, conventional acupuncture was applied, and perpendicular insertion was adopted at Huantiao (GB 30), Zhibian (BL 54) and Weizhong (BL 40), etc. In the two groups, the! treatment was given once a day and 5 times per week. Ten treatments were made into one course and two courses were required. The clinical effects, the changes of visual analogue scale (VAS) and Oswestry dysfunctional index. (ODI) before and after treatment were observed in the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of the observation group was 90.0% (36/40), which was better than 72.5% (29/40) of the control group (P < 0.05). After treatment, the results of the VAS and ODI of the two groups were apparently declined (both P < 0.01), and those in the observation group were decreased more obviously (both P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The effect of oblique inser-tion at anatomical points for sacroiliac joint injury is superior to that of conventional acupuncture, which can effectively relieve pain and improve the disfunction.
authors.forename: Jiayi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Yuxuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Aiming
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yanhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaoting
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Rongjun
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult