Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2022 / Article / Tab 3 / Review Article
Effects of Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Cupping, and Massage on Sports Injuries: A Narrative Review Table 3 The application of moxibustion for various diseases.
Condition Intervention Acupoints Comparison Primary outcome measure Effective rate/results/conclusion References Chronic knee osteoarthritis pain Moxibustion ST35 and Ashi point Sham moxibustion Osteoarthritis index (WOMAC VA 3.1) criteria Moxibustion could relieve pain effectively and improve function [34 ] Collateral ligament injury of interphalangeal joints Mild moxibustion Affected digital joints Specific electromagnetic spectrum VAS for pain 83.4% [35 ] Osteoarthritis Heat-sensitive moxibustion (HSM) SP9, GB34, ST34, and SP10 CM and CI with sodium hyaluronate GPCRND-KOA It provided some evidence for the superiority of HSM [36 ] Acute tennis elbow Ginger moxibustion and painkiller Ashi points Painkiller VAS for pain 94.59% [37 ] Collateral ligament injury of knee joint Heat-sensitive moxibustion SP10, ST34, and ST35 Surgery VAS for pain VAS scores of two groups had statistical significance [38 ]
Note. CM: conventional moxibustion; CI: conventional injection; GB: shaoyang gallbladder channel of foot.; GPCRND-KOA: guiding principle of clinical research on new drugs in the treatment of KOA; KOA: knee osteoarthritis; SP: taiyin spleen channel of foot; ST: yangming stomach channel of foot; VAS: visual analogue scale.