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Acupuncture Department, Health Polytechnic Ministry of Health Surakarta, Indonesia
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Effectiveness of Local Point Acupuncture and Ear Acupuncture in Patients with Knee Pain at Sehat Bugar Akupunktur, Bandung Siti Johariyah Johariyah; Purwanto; Sri Widyastari
Indonesian Journal of Acupuncture Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : HAKTI : Indonesian Acupuncture Therapists Association

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62354/ijoa.v4i1.68

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Knee pain is a common complaint in adults and the elderly. Treatment for osteoarthritis patients includes non-pharmacological, pharmacological, and surgical therapies. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used, but NSAIDs cause side effects on the gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems, limiting their use among patients with OAC. One such non-pharmacological therapy is acupuncture and ear acupuncture. To determine the difference in effective­ness between local acupuncture and ear acupuncture on the WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index) score of knee pain patients at Sehat Bugar Akupunktur, Bandung. A quasi-experi­mental study design with a two-group pre- and post-test design was used. A sample of 38 individuals expe­riencing knee pain who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria was divided into two treatment groups of 19 individuals each. The first group received local acu­puncture, and the second group received ear acupunc­ture. The intervention was carried out 10 times twice a week, for five weeks. Pain was assessed using the WOMAC questionnaire. Data were analyzed using paired sample t-tests and independent sample t-tests at a significance level of 0.05. Both local acupuncture and ear acupuncture have been shown to reduce WOMAC scores, but there was no significant difference between the two.
Co-Authors Purwanto Siti Johariyah Johariyah