Clinical observation on the treatment of periarthritis of shoulder by the combination of lijin manipulation and hot compress powder

Abstract

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of Lijin Manipulation combined with Hot Fu Powder in treating periarthritis of shoulder. Methods: Seventy-two patients with periarthritis of shoulder were selected from the orthopaedic outpatient department of the Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, 36 cases in each group. The treatment group was treated with lijin manipulation combined with hot compress powder, while the control group was treated with massage combined with hot compress powder. The course of treatment was 2 weeks. Clinical efficacy, visual analogue scale (VAS) score, Melle score of shoulder function and shoulder motion score were compared before and after treatment, as well as between treatment group and control group in the same group. RESULTS: The clinical efficacy of treatment group was higher than that of control group (P