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A Review of Recent Studies about Fire and Warm Needling for De Quervain Syndrome

드퀘르벵 증후군의 온침 및 화침 치료에 대한 최신 연구 동향

  • Jeon, Seok-Hee (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, DongShin Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Shin, Jeong-Cheol (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, DongShin Korean Medicine Hospital)
  • 전석희 (동신대학교 목포 한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 신정철 (동신대학교 목포 한방병원 침구과)
  • Received : 2021.11.09
  • Accepted : 2021.12.08
  • Published : 2021.12.27
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of fire needling and warm needling for De Quervain Syndrome by reviewing clinical studies for recent 10 years. Methods : Randomized controlled trials, non-randomized controlled trials, and case series containing more than 20 cases about fire needling and warm needling for De Quervain Syndrome published since 2011 were searched through four foreign online databases (CNKI, Pubmed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library) and five Korean online databases (OASIS, Science ON, DBPIA, KISS, RISS). The number and characteristics of participants, treatment points and main treatment methods involving other combination treatments, treatment cycle or total periods of treatments, evaluation indices, efficacy, and adverse events were analyzed. Risk of bias of included randomized clinical trials was assessed using a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized trials (RoB 2). Results : A total of 6 randomized clinical trials and 2 case series involving 471 participants were included. Tender point or 'Ashi point' was the most commonly used treatment point, followed by LU4. Treatment frequency ranged from once a day to once a week. One to three outcome measures were used to evaluate the results of the studies, with the efficacy rate the most frequently used, followed by visual analogue scale. Overall risk of bias of all included randomized clinical trials was judged to have some concerns. Conclusions : All selected studies showed that fire needling and warm needling treatments for De Quervain syndrome were more effective than other clinical methods or acupuncture treatments. However, as the number of clinical studies is still too small and the risk of bias of the studies is not low, it is believed that more systematic and objective studies should be conducted.

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This research was supported by the Dongshin University research grants.

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