Acupuncture combined with magnetic therapy for treatment of temple-jaw joint dysfunction
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2009 Apr;29(4):279-80.
[Article in Chinese]
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Anshun City People's Hospital, Anshun 561000, China. xh3220939@126.com
OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture combined with magnetic therapy and simple magnetic therapy on temple-jaw joint dysfunction. METHODS: Eighty-two cases were randomly divided into an observation group (n = 52) and a control group (n = 30). The observation group was treated with acupuncture at Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), etc. and AL-2 low frequency electromagnetic comprehensive treatment instrument; the control group was treated with AL-2 low frequency electromagnetic comprehensive treatment instrument. RESULTS: The cured and markedly effective rate of 90.4% in the observation group was significantly better than 66.7% in the control group (P < 0.01), and the total effective rate of 98.1% in the observation group was significantly better than 86.7% in the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with magnetic therapy is significantly better than that of the simple magnetic therapy on temple-jaw joint dysfunction.
