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Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture plus electro-spoon needle-cupping in treating lumbar-dorsal myofascial pain syndrome.Method Sixty patients with lumbar-dorsal myofascial pain syndrome were randomized into group A, group B, and group C, 20 cases in each group. With same acupoints selected, group A was intervened by electroacupuncture plus electro-spoon needle-cupping, group B was by electroacupuncture, while group C was by conventional acupuncture. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was observed before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacies of the three groups were compared.Result After treatment, VAS scores were significantly different from those before treatment in the three groups. (P<0.05). After treatment, the VAS scores in group A and B were significantly different from that in group C (P<0.01,P<0.05); the VAS score in group A was significantly different from that in group B (P<0.05). The total effective rate was 95.0% in group A, versus 90.0% in group B and 80.0% in group C, and the total effective rate of group A was significantly different from that of both group B and C (P<0.05).Conclusion Electroacupuncture plus electro-spoon needle-cupping is an effective method in treating lumbar-dorsal myofascial pain syndrome.
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@#Objective To explore the effects of cluster scalp acupuncture on the behavior and expression of bcl-2 in rats after acute cerebral infarction. Methods 72 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (A), model group (B) and cluster scalp acupuncture group (C), 24 rats in each group. According to time after cerebral infarction, each group was reassigned to 6 h, 24 h and 3 d subgroups, 8 rats in each subgroup. The acute cerebral infarction model was established with the middle cerebral artery occlusion. The effects of cluster scalp acupuncture on the behavior and expression of apoptosis-related gene bcl-2 in the rat brain tissues with acute cerebral infarction were tested at different time. Results 3 d after cerebral infarction, the score of neuronal function in group C was significantly lower than that of group B (P<0.01). The expression of bcl-2 in brain ischemic penumbra increased in group C at different time and reached its peak at 24 h. Compared with group B, there was a statistical difference (P<0.01). Conclusion Cluster scalp acupuncture can significantly reduce the neuronal function score of rats after acute cerebral infarction and then promote the recovery of movement function. The therapy can inhibit the apoptosis by increasing the expression of bcl-2 in penumbra zone of cerebral infarction.
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@#Objective To explore the effect of cluster scalp acupuncture on pathological changes and the expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF) in rats after acute cerebral infarction.Methods30 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into the sham operation group (group A), model group (group B) and cluster scalp acupuncture group (group C) with 10 animals in each group. Animal model was made by the middle cerebral artery occlusion. The pathological changes and the expression of NGF and TGF in the brain tissues of rats were tested.ResultsOn the 7th day after operation, brain tissue of infarction area in the group B indicated significantly edema, neural cells decreased. Compared with the group B, the edema in the group C decreased and neural cells increased. At the same time, there were a few NGF and TGF expressions in hippocampus andcortex areas of the group A and group B, and there was no difference between the two groups ( P>0.05); but compared with the group A and group B, NGF and TGF in the group C increased significantly ( P<0.05, P<0.01).ConclusionCluster scalp acupuncture therapy can decrease edema, increase neural cells in infarction areas, as well as induce the expression of NGF and TGF in cortex and hippocampus.