Clinical Nursing Study of Cupping Therapy with Heated Cap for Wind-cold-damp Type Periarthritis of Shoulder

CHEN Caihong; GONG Liming; XIE Hailian; ZENG Yanling

doi:10.14033/j.cnki.cfmr.2025.01.019

Abstract：Objective:To explore the clinical nursing effect of cupping therapy with heated cap in patients with wind-cold-damp type periarthritis of shoulder. Method:A total of 70 patients with wind-cold-damp type periarthritis of shoulder who hospitalized in the Department of Orthopaedics,Jiangmen City Xinhui District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital from September 2023 to January 2024 were included in this study,the patients were divided into the observation group and the control group by random number table method,with 35 cases in each group. Two groups were given routine nursing,the observation group was treated with cupping therapy with heated cap nursing,and the group was treated with thunder fire moxibustion nursing. The traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores,shoulder joint dysfunction,shoulder pain,quality of life and adverse reactions were compared between two groups. Result:After nursing,the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores and visual analogue scale (VAS) scores in two groups were lower than those before nursing,and those in the observation group were lower than the control group,the Constant-Murley scores and the World Health Organization quality of life brief questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) scores in two groups were higher than those before nursing,and those in the observation group were higher than the control group,the differences were statistically significant (P<0.01). There were no serious adverse reactions in two groups. Conclusion:Cupping therapy with heated cap can reduce the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome scores of patients with wind-cold-damp type periarthritis of shoulder,improve shoulder joint dysfunction,shoulder pain,and improve the quality of life.