["Santong Needling" by Stages for Moderate and Severe Peripheral XXXX in the Acute Period].

@entity1 @entity7804 @entity9154 @entity2103 @entity23169 @entity3541 @entity14048
OBJECTIVE: To observe clinical effects of "Santong needling" by stages for @entity1 with moderate and severe peripheral @entity3541 (PFP) in the acute period. METHODS: Sixty @entity1 with moderate and severe PFP were equally and randomly divided into Santong needling group and control group. The @entity1 of the Santong needling group were treated by shallow puncture of Yifeng (TE 17, on the affected side) and Hegu ( @entity9154 , on the healthy side) without needle manipulation in the acute stage ("Qing-tong", mild dredging) , by oblique-penetrative puncture of Dicang ( @entity23169 ) to Jiache ( @entity14048 ), etc. , and moderate manipulation of needles in the resting stage ("Qiang-tong", stronger dredging) , and by oblique-penetrative puncture of Dicang ( @entity23169 ) to Jiache ( @entity14048 ), etc., and reinforcing needling manipulation in the recovery stage("Bu-tong", tonifying dredging). The @entity1 of the control group were treated by "Jingjin" (musculotendon) puncture of the same acupoints. The treatment was conducted once daily, 5 times per week for 6 weeks. The 0-3-grade scores of therapeutic effects were evaluated according to the severity of the @entity1 ' symptoms and signs (including forehead stripes, palpebral fissure, nasolabial groove, drooping of the mouth angle, bulging cheek-air leak, food residue, dysgeusis, @entity7804 , lacrimation, and orbicularis oculi reflex). The therapeutic effect index = (score of pre-treatment--score of post-treatment)/score of pre-treatment x100% . The @entity1 ' life quality scores were assessed by using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF questionnaire. RESULTS: After the treatment, the scores of clinical symptoms and signs were significantly decreased in both control and Santong needling groups in comparison with pre-treatment in the same one group (P < 0.05), suggesting an improvement of @entity2103 after 6 weeks' treatment. Of the two 30 @entity1 in the control group and Santong needling group, 11 (36.7%) and 15 (50.0%) were cured, 8 (26.7%) and 9 (30.0%) experienced marked improvement, 5 (16.6%) and 4 (13.3%) were effective, and 6 (20.0%) and 2 (6.7%) invalid, with the effective rates being 80.0% and 93.3%, respectively. The therapeutic effect of Santong needling group was evidently superior to that of the control group (P < 0.05). Three-months' follow up showed that the WHOQOL-BREF scores were comparable between pre- and post-treatment in the same one group and between the two groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Santong needling by stages is effective in improving clinical symptoms and signs of @entity1 with moderate and severe peripheral @entity3541 .
