The Impact of Warm Needle Acupuncture Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine on Psychological Well-Being and Quality of Life in Osteoporotic Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Yunhui Qiu, Xugui Li, Zhen Zeng, Yanping Meng, Xiao Pan, Zhengyang Wang, Zheng Lü, Weidan Xiao · 2026
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Yunhui Qiu and co-authors looked back at 120 patients with thinning bones in 2026 to ask whether warm needle acupuncture lifted mood and daily life, not just bone density. Standard care aims at the skeleton, while low mood and poor quality of life often go untreated.
Sixty-three patients had received the warm needles three times a week for eight weeks on top of usual care; fifty-seven had usual care alone. After treatment, the needle group scored better in five of eight life quality domains, and their gains beat the control group's in all eight. Depression and anxiety scales, pain scores, and spine density were also tracked. The authors call for a randomized trial to test the signal properly.
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| CREATOR | Yunhui Qiu, Xugui Li, Zhen Zeng, Yanping Meng, Xiao Pan, Zhengyang Wang, Zheng Lü, Weidan Xiao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |