We examined the therapeutic results obtained in the pain clinic for 251 cases of shoulder periarthritis among the patients who visited our clinic during the 10 years from 1969 to 1979 and for whom distinct remote effects were confirmed.
Results
1. According to the type of treatment, the patients were divided into 3 groups. Results indicated good or excellent effects in 46% of the cases in which acupuncture therapy alone was used in 63% of the cases in which only nerve block therapy was used and in 61% of the cases in which a combination of the two types of therapy was used.
2. Examining results based upon differences in duration of the disease, we found that best results, an 80% rate of effectiveness (good or excellent effects), were obtained in cases in which the patient came to the clinic within a month of the onset of the symptoms.
3. Examining results based on the difference in the number of treatments, we found that 11-20 treatments proved to be the most effective with a 73% rate of effectivity.
4. Result differences according to sex showed treatment effective in 56% of male cases and 66% of female cases.
From the above results we learned that even acupunctre-moxibustion treatment alone is fairly effective gor shoulder periarthritis.
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