Objective: To evaluate the influence of different acupuncture manipulations on bladder volume in female urethral syndrome(FUS) patients.Methods: Eighty-one cases of FUS patients were randomly divided into electroacupuncture(EA) plus hand-acupuncture group(observation group

n=40) and hand-acupuncture group(control group

n=41) by using random table method.Main acupoints used were ①Guanyuan(CV 4)

Dahe(KI 12)

Shuidao(ST 28) and Sanyinjiao(SP 6);②Shenshu(BL 23)

Huiyang(BL 35)

Zhonglushu(BL 29) and Weizhong(BL 40).The two groups were used in turn

combined with other acupoints according to the syndromes.After insertion

the acupuncture needles were manipulated with reinforcing method and twirled continuously for about 1 min every acupoint

then kept in place for 20 min.The treatment was conducted once every other day.The bladder volume(BV) and maximumurine flow rate(MUFR) were detected with Bonito Urine Dynamic Detector.Results: After 10 treatments

the BV and MUFR of both observation group and control group increased significantly in comparison with their individual values of pretreatment(P<0.05)

and the difference values between post-and pre-treatment of the two indexes of observation group were apparently higher than those of control group(P<0.05).Conclusion: Both EA plus hand-acupuncture and simple hand-acupuncture can effectively improve the bladder volume and urine flow rate in female urethral syndrome patients and the effect of the former is significantly superior to that of simple hand-acupuncture.