Electroacupuncture (EA) has been used to treat sciatica for many decades in China. Several studies have reported that EA may effectively treat neuropathic pain and relieve sciatica symptoms [3, 4].

Conservative treatment for sciatica is primarily aimed at pain reduction, either by analgesics or by reducing pressure on the nerve root, and includes prescription drugs, acupuncture, epidural steroid injections, spinal manipulation, traction therapy, hot packs, and muscle relaxants .

2024年1月16日 · The short- and long-term effects of electroacupuncture (EA) versus medium-frequency electrotherapy (MFE) were evaluated to determine which of the two treatments, if not both, could most effectively be used to help improve symptoms of sciatica associated with degenerative disc disease.

2008年1月1日 · This article introduces the electroacupuncture (EA) clinical studies database at www.electroacupunctureknowledge.com and demonstrates how it can be used in conjunction with other available literature to develop a treatment protocol for a common condition such as sciatica.

Electroacupuncture is effective for sciatica relief. In a recent study from Henan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, researchers learned that applying electroacupuncture to GB30 (Huantiao) and GB34 (Yanglingquan) alleviates pain, inhibits inflammation, and improves nerve conduction velocity more effectively than a standard manual ...

electroacupuncture as a treatment for sciatica caused by piriformis syndrome. The central aim is to alleviate tension and reduce radiating pain by targeting the piriformis muscle. 1. Assess the effectiveness of the experimental group, which receives electrical stimulation in addition to acupuncture, in treating piriformis syndrome compared

As a result, we found that the use of acupuncture may be more effective than drugs and may enhance the effect of drugs for patients with sciatica, but because of the insufficient number of relevant and rigorous studies, the evidence is limited.

2024年4月8日 · We aim to explore the efficacy of intervening patients whose discogenic sciatica symptoms lasting longer than 3 months with these conservative treatments. Patients and methods: This is a single-center, parallel-group, patient-unblinded Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) with blinded outcome assessment and statistician.

2020年4月1日 · Acupuncture is one alternative treatment method commonly sought out by people struggling with sciatica, especially in cases of chronic sciatica. It carries fewer side effects, and can provide similar or even improved pain relief relative to pain medications (2).

It has been implicated that electroacupuncture can relieve the symptoms of sciatica with the increase of pain threshold in human, and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in the brain rather than the spinal cord and blood circulation participates in antinociception. Our …