[Effect of electroacupuncture of quintuple needling combined with adductor relaxation method for osteonecrosis of the femoral head].

Objective: To compare the clinical effects on osteonecrosis of the femoral head between the comprehensive therapy (electroacupuncture ［EA］ of quintuple needling combined with adductor relaxation method) and the adductor relaxation method.

Methods: Eighty patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head were randomly allocated into a treatment group and a control group, with 40 patients in each group. The patients in the control group were treated with the adductor relaxation method.