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Folia Medica Indonesiana

ISSN 0303-7932

Vol. 44 / No. 4 / Published : 2008-10

Order : 12, and page :285 - 292

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Original Article :

Osteoarthritic pain treatment with electroacupuncture

Author :

  1. Zainal Arifin A*1
  1. Subdepartment of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine Sebelas Maret University School of Medicine, Dr Moewardi Hospital, Surakarta

Abstract :

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease that quite a lot in the world and in Indonesia. OA is one cause of disability in conducting activities and joint disease is the most common manifestation in developing countries. More than 85% patients OA have disrupted activities. Painful joints are the most common complaints and most predominant manifestation of OA disease, so most OA patients came to hospital because of complaining pain. This symptom is the most predominant in osteoarthritis and there is no therapy that can treat this disease. The therapy is pain assessment in the primary treatment of osteoarthritis. Many researches have proven the effectiveness of pain therapy on the OA acupuncture. The mechanism works through nervous and humoral mechanisms. Electroacupuncture is one of the results of stimulating the development of technology in acupuncture point. Compared with other ways, such as stimulation with infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, lasers and magnetic fields, electroacupuncture is more popular for use. This paper reviews the mechanism of electroacupuncture in reducing pain in osteoarthritic patients.

Keyword :

osteoarthritis, joint pain, electroacupuncture,


References :

Brandt, KD,(2005) Osteoarthritis, in Kasper, Braunwald, Fauci, Hauser, Longo, Jameson (eds), Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th edn New York : McGraw-Hill

Filshie, J and White, A,(1998) Medical acupuncture, in Christine M McMillan (ed), Acupuncture for Nause and Vomiting New York : Churchill Livingstone

Jin, GY, Jin, JX, Jin, LL,(2006) Contemporary Medical Acupuncture: A System Approach Beijing : Higher Education Press





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