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OBJECTIVE	To compare the efficacy difference of analgesia and detumescence on ankle sprain among acupuncture at Xiaojie point combined with tendon regulation manipulation , acupuncture at Xiaojie point and tendon regulation manipulation .
METHODS	Sixty cases of ankle sprain were randomized into a combined therapy group , a Xiaojie point group and a tendon-regulation manipulation group , 20 cases in each one .
METHODS	The combined therapy of acupuncture at Xiaojie point and tendon regulation manipulation , the acupuncture at Xiaojie point and the simple application of tendon-regulation manipulation were applied respectively in the three groups , once a day , 3 treatments were required .
METHODS	The symptom score such as pain , ecchymosis , swelling and motor dysfunction and the total score were observed before and after treatment in the three groups .
METHODS	The different values of pain and swelling scores were compared before and after treatment in the three groups .
METHODS	The efficacy was compared among the groups .
RESULTS	The total effective rate was 100.0 % ( 20/20 ) in each group .
RESULTS	But the curative rate was 85.0 % ( 17/20 ) in the combined group , 65.0 % ( 13/20 ) in the Xiaojie point tion manipulation group .
RESULTS	After treatment , the symptom scores of pain , ecchymosis , swelling and motor dysfunction and the total score were all improved as compared with those before treatment in the three groups ( P < 0.01 , P < 0.05 ) .
RESULTS	The pain score in either the combined therapy group or Xiaojie point group was lower than that in the tendon-regulation manipulation group after treatment ( 0.20 - / + 0.41 , 0.15 + / - 0.37 vs 0.60 + / - 0.50 , both P < 0.05 ) .
RESULTS	Swelling score in the Xiaojie point group was different significantly from that in the tendon-regulation manipulation 0.49 vs 06.4 vs. 20 +0.41 , P < 0.05 ) .
RESULTS	The different value of pain score in either the combined therapy group or Xiaojie point group was higher than that in the tendon-regulation manipulation group before group after treatment ( 0.65 bined therapy group or Xiaojie point group was higher than that in the tendon-regulation manipulation group before and after treatment ( 2.35 + / - 0.59 , 2.45 + / - 0.51 vs 2.00 + / - 0.46 , both P < 0.05 ) .
RESULTS	The different value of swelling score in the tendon-regulation manipulation group was higher than that in the Xiaojie point group before and after treatment ( 2.30 + / - 0.57 vs 1.60 + / - 0.60 , P < 0.05 ) .
CONCLUSIONS	Acupuncture at Xiaojie point combined with tendon-regulation manipulation achieve an apparent effect of analgesia and detumescence on ankle sprain .

