Design and clinical application of an auxiliary rack for the internal heat acupuncture treatment apparatus
LI Dandan
ZENG Qingshi
WANG Lixun
LI Ruiyu
CAI Xiaodong
LI Xiuwen
LIU Qiong
Abstract：Objective To design an auxiliary rack for the internal heat acupuncture treatment apparatus and evaluate its clinical application value.Methods The auxiliary rack was mainly composed of retractable columns,cannula slide rails and snap clamps.A total of 119 patients with myofascial pain syndrome from June 2022 to September 2023 in the Xiaolan People's Hospital of Zhongshan were recruited and were assigned by the random number table method into an observation group(n=59)using the auxiliary rack and a control group(n=60)without the auxiliary rack.The pain score,comfort score,satisfaction score and other indicators were compared between the two groups.Results There was no significant difference in the pain score between the two groups before treatment(P>0.05),while the pain scores of both groups after treatment were significantly lower than those before treatment(P<0.05),and the pain score of the observation group after treatment was lower than that of the control group(P<0.05).Moreover,subgroup analysis showed that the use of the auxiliary rack could improve the treatment comfort and satisfaction of patients in all age groups and with pain at various sites(P<0.05),and enhance the treatment efficacy for patients with neck and shoulder(back)pain and for patients aged 18 to 45(P<0.05).Conclusion The use of the auxiliary rack in the pain treatment is beneficial to providing a better treatment experience and can help to improve the treatment efficacy.
Keywords：internal heat acupuncturepaintreatmentauxiliary rack
Publication Date：2025-10-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-12-11(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 5-9 )