To observe the therapeutic effect of modified sparrow-pecking moxibustion for osteoarthritis of knee.
Sixty cases of patients with osteoarthritis of knee were divided randomly into a treatment group and a control group. The treatment group was treated by modified sparrow-pecking moxibustion, and the control group by traditional sparrow-pecking moxibustion. It was given once a day and 10 times were one course, and the efficacy was observed after two courses of treatment.
The total effective rate in the treatment group was 90.00% (27/30), that in the control group was 76.67% (23/30), the efficac...