The influence of acupuncture therapy on early rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A randomized controlled trial

Author

Jian-ke Pan ; Da Guo ; Kun-hao Hong ; Hui Xie ; Xue-wei Cao ; Jun Liu

Author_Institution

Second Sch. of Clinic Med., Guangzhou Univ. of Chinese Med., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2014

fDate

2-5 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

96

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether acupuncture is effective in reducing pain and swelling around the knee and improving range of motion (ROM) during the early rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) reconstruction. Following ACL reconstruction, 80 patients were randomly assigned to either an acupuncture treatment group (Group A) or a control group (Group C). In Group A, the complementary treatment of acupuncture was performed three times week from postoperative day 7 until postoperative day 21. Outcome measures were:1) pain as assessed by a visual analog scale; 2) reduction of swelling around the knee as indicated by its circumference at the center of the patella; and 3) ROM of the affected knee.

Keywords

bone; patient rehabilitation; surgery; ACL reconstruction; acupuncture therapy; acupuncture treatment group; anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; early rehabilitation; knee; pain; patella; randomized controlled trial; range-of-motion; swelling; time 21 d; time 7 d; visual analog scale; Educational institutions; Ligaments; Needles; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Read only memory; Surgery; ACL reconstruction; Acupuncture; Early rehabititation; Range of motion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Belfast

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIBM.2014.6999334

Filename

6999334