Evaluating the Effectiveness of Laser Acupuncture Combined With Qigong in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment of knee osteoarthritis by the laser acupuncture combined with Qigong. Subjects and research methods: A controlled clinical intervention was conducted on 70 patients with knee osteoarthritis, were divided into 2 groups. The research group was treated with the laser acupuncture combined with Qigong. The control group was treated with electroacupuncture combined with Qigong during a 21- days course of treatment. Results: The laser acupuncture combined with Qigong is effective in reducing the pain level according to VAS scale, improving knee function according to the WOMAC scale and increasing the range of knee motion (p<0.01). The treatment results: the good results was 48.6%, quite good was 45.7%, average was 5.7%, there were no ineffective results; equivalent to the group treated with electroacupuncture combined with Qigong, (p>0.05). Conclution: laser acupuncture combined with Qigong have effective in treatment of knee osteoarthritis.