Electroacupuncture combined with extracorporeal shock wave therapy improves pain symptoms and inflammatory factor levels in knee osteoarthritis patients

Shengfu Liu; Qiudan Chen; Qinggang Zhang; Kun Tao; Changhong Li; Baolei Chang; Weifeng Wang; Zhong Wu

Heliyon (Oct 2023)

Electroacupuncture combined with extracorporeal shock wave therapy improves pain symptoms and inflammatory factor levels in knee osteoarthritis patients

Shengfu Liu,
Qiudan Chen,
Qinggang Zhang,
Kun Tao,
Changhong Li,
Baolei Chang,
Weifeng Wang,
Zhong Wu

Affiliations

Shengfu Liu: Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
Qiudan Chen: Department of Central Laboratory, Clinical Laboratory, Jing'an District Center Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
Qinggang Zhang: Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
Kun Tao: Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
Changhong Li: Second Department of Surgery, People's Hospital of Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County, Lincang, Yunnan 677599, China
Baolei Chang: Ma Anshan No.17 Metallurgical Hospital, Ma Anshan, Anhui 243000, China; Corresponding author.
Weifeng Wang: Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China; Corresponding author. No.301 Yanchang Zhong Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai 200072, China.
Zhong Wu: Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 10
p. e20771

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Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture combined with extracorporeal shock wave therapy (EESWT) and extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Methods: A total of 135 KOA patients who received EESWT treatment were selected as the EESWT group, and 135 KOA patients who received extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) were selected as the ESWT group. The clinical efficacy, inflammatory factors in joint synovial fluid and adverse events during treatment were compared before and after treatment. Results: The clinical effective rate of patients in the EESWT group (89.63 %) after treatment was significantly higher than that of the ESWT group (74.81 %) (p 0.05). Conclusion: EESWT significantly improves pain symptoms and inflammatory factor levels in KOA patients and is an optional KOA treatment option worthy of clinical attention.

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ISSN: 2405-8440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
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