Clinical observation of external application therapy combined with chiropractic therapy on the pediatric asthma

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the effect of external application therapy combined with chiropractic therapy on the pediatric asthma. Methods A total of 55 patients were randomly assigned into the treatment group(28 patients)and the control group(27 patients), The treatment group was treated with external application therapy combined with chiropractic therapyin the the hottest and coldest weather of each year; while the control group was only treated with chiropractic therapy. Both groups were treated for 3 years. After the treatment, the total effective rate, the clinical control rate, and the frequency of asthma attacks were detected. Results The total effective rate was 92.9%(26/28)and the clinical control rate was 64.3%(18/28)in observation group, which were better than those of 70.4%(19/27)and 22.2%(6/27)in the control group(χ2=4.073, P=0.044, and χ2=8.823, P=0.003). After 3 years’ treatment, the asthma grading distributionin the treatment group was significantly different from the control group(χ2=10.776, P=0.005). The frequency of asthma attacks in the treatment group after the first year treatment(4.5 ± 0.5 times vs. 5.0 ± 0.5 times, t=3.708, P<0.01)was significantly lower than that in the control group; so did the second years after treatment(3.0 ± 0.5 times vs. 4.3 ± 0.5 times, t=9.728, P<0.01), and the third years(1.5 ± 0.5 times vs. 3.0 ± 0.5 times, t=11.225, P<0.01). Conclusions The external application therapy combined with chiropractic therapy could prevent asthma in children patients. Key words: Asthma; Child; Chiropractic(TCM); Acupoint sticking therapy; Therapies, investigational