Lev-Ari Shahar, Hasner Avi, Amir Hagay, Skott Tuvia, Mosek Amnon, Miller Udi, Maimon Yair
Tel Aviv Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Harefuah. 2007 May;146(5):354-7, 406.
The popularity of integrative medicine, mainstream medical therapies combined with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), increased in recent years in the USA and western countries. However, evidence based data on the efficacy of integrative medicine and safety is incomplete. Until recently, research on the use of acupuncture in osteoarthritis had methodological limitations such as low sample size. Recently, two large phase III randomized clinical studies were published on the efficacy of acupuncture in osteoarthritis of the knee. The studies have shown that acupuncture serves as an effective complementary treatment to standard care, improves function and provides pain relief for people with osteoarthritis of the knee. These studies confirm the results of previous studies on acupuncture as effective complementary treatment to standard care. This review summarizes the results of randomized clinical trials of acupuncture for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
近年来，在美国和西方国家，综合医学（将主流医学疗法与补充和替代医学相结合）越来越受欢迎。然而，关于综合医学疗效和安全性的循证数据并不完整。直到最近，针对骨关节炎采用针灸疗法的研究存在方法学上的局限性，比如样本量小。最近，发表了两项关于针灸治疗膝关节骨关节炎疗效的大型III期随机临床研究。研究表明，针灸可作为标准治疗的有效补充疗法，改善膝关节骨关节炎患者的功能并缓解疼痛。这些研究证实了先前关于针灸作为标准治疗有效补充疗法的研究结果。本综述总结了针灸治疗膝关节骨关节炎的随机临床试验结果。
