Objective : To research the trends of study related to osteoarthritis with acupuncture in PubMed, and to establish he hereafter direction of acupuncture for osteoarthritis.
Methods : We serthed in PubMed, with osteoarthritis and acupuncture limited by abstract, human, English.
Results :
1. The pattern of study was as follow: Review article(2), Clinical Trials(13), randomized controlled trials(13). bee venom acupuncture(1), electroacupuncture(1). We further estimated 15 articles.
2. The lesion of osteoarthritis & kinds of acupuncture were as follows: Knee(12), hip(2), cervical vertebral(1), bee venom acupuncture(1), electroacupuncture(1).
3. Most clinical trials are related tio decrease of pain , functional improvement.
4. 10 of clinical studies provide affirmative result. And they recommend acupuncture for oseoarthritis.
5. 4 of clinical studies provide negative result. And these studies are designed by sham acupuncture method.
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