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Clinical observation on combined acupuncture and medication for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

针药结合治疗妇女绝经后骨质疏松症的临床观察

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摘要

目的

观察针药结合治疗绝经后骨质疏松症的临床疗效。

方法

将100 例绝经后骨质疏松症的患者按就诊顺序随机分为两组, 每组50 例。 治疗组给予电针结合骨化三醇胶丸口服治疗。 对照组仅给予电针治疗。

结果

治疗组与对照组疗效有显著差异(P<0.05)。

结论

针药结合治疗绝经后骨质疏松症疗效显著。

Abstract

Objective

To observe the clinical effect of combined acupuncture and medication for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

Methods

A total of 100 cases with postmenopausal osteoporosis were randomly allocated into a treatment group and a control group, 50 in each group. The cases in the treatment group were treated with electroacupuncture coupled with Calcitriol soft capsules, while the cases in the control group were treated with electroacupuncture alone.

Results

There were significant differences in treatment effects between the treatment group and control group (P<0.05).

Conclusion

Combined acupuncture and medication can obtain a marked effect for postmenopausal osteoporosis

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  1. No.1 People’s Hospital, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, 311100, P. R. China

    Zhihua Zhou  (周志华), Naiquan Wang  (王乃权), Fangfang Pan  (潘芳芳), Zhouhong Wu  (吴洲红) & Xiaoying Dai  (戴晓瑛)

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Fund Item: Science & Technology Planning Project by the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Bureau (2008C30003)

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Zhou, Z., Wang, N., Pan, F. et al. Clinical observation on combined acupuncture and medication for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 9, 370–375 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-011-0554-9

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