Ammer K, Petschnig R
Ludwig-Boltzmann-Forschungsstelle für physikalische Diagnostik, Wien.
Wien Med Wochenschr. 1988 Nov 30;138(22):566-9.
A comparative study between acupuncture and physical therapy in patients with gonarthrosis is reported. Patients treated with physical therapy showed 4 parameters significantly reduced after a treatment duration of 2 weeks, and 7 out of 10 parameters after 4 weeks of therapy. Acupuncture could better 2 parameters but only after 4 weeks of treatment. Although physical therapy was superior in most of the objective measurements, the subjective judgement by the patients of the efficacy of both treatments found no significant difference. In summary acupuncture is thought to be only an additional form of treatment in gonarthrosis.
本文报道了一项关于膝关节病患者针灸与物理治疗的对比研究。接受物理治疗的患者在治疗2周后，有4项指标显著降低，治疗4周后，10项指标中有7项显著降低。针灸仅在治疗4周后能使2项指标得到改善。虽然在大多数客观测量中物理治疗更具优势，但患者对两种治疗效果的主观评价没有显著差异。总之，针灸被认为只是膝关节病的一种辅助治疗方式。
