Different acupuncture modalities for 90 cases of adhesive capsulitis at different clinical stages.

To observe the clinical efficacy of different acupuncture modalities in the treatment of adhesive capsulitis a tthrough different clinical stages. Ninety patients of adhesive capsulitis weregraded in three different stages based on clinical presentations. Patients in painful stage were treated with silver needles once every 5to 7 days for two courses; patients in adhesive stage were given acupotomy treatment every 7 to 10 days for two courses; while patients in recovery stage were treated with acupuncture with warm needles by moxibustion on tendon knots, once a day 10 times in a course, for two courses of treatment. The disease scores were compared between all groups before and after the treatment, and clinical efficacy was evaluated after the treatment. The disease scores in patients of all three stages were higher after treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). Among 90 patients with adhesive capsulitis, 32 cases were clinically under controlled, 37 cases claimed remarkably effective, 18 were effective, and 3 ineffective cases, thus the total effective rate for this stage-based treatment is 96.7%. For adhesive capsulitis,different acupuncture modalities targeting patients in different clinical stages were feasible and effective, the disease scores of patients were significantly improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]