Clinical study on the wrist-ankle acupuncture treatment for 30 cases of diabetic peripheral neuritis
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Title
Clinical study on the wrist-ankle acupuncture treatment for 30 cases of diabetic peripheral neuritis
Date
2006
volume
26(1)
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the mechanisms of wrist-ankle acupuncture for prevention and treatment of diabetic peripheral neuritis. METHODS: Ninety cases of diabetic peripheral neuritis were randomly divided into 3 groups, and treated respectively with wrist-ankle acupuncture, body-acupuncture, and the western routine medical treatment, with 30 cases in each of the groups; and therapeutic effects and laboratory results compared. RESULTS: It is proved that the therapeutic effects of the wrist-ankle acupuncture group and body acupuncture group were significantly superior to those of the control group, with no significant differences between the former two groups. CONCLUSION: Wrist-ankle acupuncture has the actions of improving the metabolisms of blood sugar and blood-lipid, lowering down blood viscosity, and restoring the functions of peripheral nerve cells, thus giving definite therapeutic effects for diabetic peripheral neuritis
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has health condition studied
Diabetes Mellitus
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
90
has duration
4 Weeks