Kwon Y B, Kim J H, Yoon J H, Lee J D, Han H J, Mar W C, Beitz A J, Lee J H
Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea.
Am J Chin Med. 2001;29(2):187-99. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X01000228.
The aim of this investigation was to determine whether bee venom (BV) administered directly into an acupoint was a clinically effective and safe method for relieving the pain of patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) as compared to traditional needle acupuncture. We evaluated the efficacy of BV acupuncture using both pain relief scores and computerized infrared thermography (IRT) following 4 weeks of BV acupuncture treatment. We observed that a significantly higher proportion of subjects receiving BV acupuncture reported substantial pain relief as compared with those receiving traditional needle acupuncture therapy. Furthermore, the IRT score was significantly improved and paralleled the level of pain relief.
本研究的目的是确定与传统针刺相比，直接将蜂毒（BV）注入穴位是否是一种临床有效且安全的缓解膝骨关节炎（OA）患者疼痛的方法。在进行4周的蜂毒穴位注射治疗后，我们使用疼痛缓解评分和计算机化红外热成像（IRT）评估了蜂毒穴位注射的疗效。我们观察到，与接受传统针刺治疗的受试者相比，接受蜂毒穴位注射的受试者中报告疼痛显著缓解的比例明显更高。此外，红外热成像评分显著改善，且与疼痛缓解程度平行。
