A Comparative Study of Diazepam and Acupuncture in Patients with Osteoarthritis Pain: A Placebo Controlled Study

摘要: Forty-four patients with chronic cervical osteoarthritis took part in this study. Patients were treated acupuncture, sham-acupuncture, diazepam or placebo-diazepam randomized order. Pain was rated on visual analogue scales before, during, and after treatment. Two separately used to rate the intensity (sensory component) unpleasantness (affective of pain. The results analyzed from these trials show that diazepam, placebo-diazepam, acupuncture sham-acupuncture have a more pronounced effect affective than sensory component Acupuncture significantly effective (p < 0.05), but not sham-acupuncture.