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Objective To explore the biomechanical mechanisms of correlation between lumbar disc degeneration and sacroiliac joint disorder though investigating the biomechanical characteristics of lumbar disc degeneration with sacroiliac joint disorders.Methods One normal healthy volunteer and two patients with lumbar disc herniation and sacroiliac joint disorders (one was with sacrum disorders and the other was with ilium disorders) were selected.Their CT data were collected to establish three corresponding lumbar-pelvis finite-element models,and their gait data were also simultaneously collected to drive the AnyBody musculoskeletal model.The muscle force around the lumbar and pelvis as well as the hip joint force were acquired as loading condition for finite element analysis.The stress changes in L4 and L5 intervertebral discs and sacroiliac joints of the patients and normal volunteer were compared.Results There was no significant difference in the stress of the two sides of L4,L5 disc and two sacroiliac joints in normal model,with a bimodal stress curve.However,in the models of sacrum disorders and ilium disorders,the bimodal stress curve peaks changed,even disappeared.The peak stress differences in left and right side of L4 disc were 0.55 MPa and 0.80 MPa,respectively,the peak stress differences in left and right side of L5 disc were 4.05 MPa and 2.08 MPa,respectively,and the peak stress differences in left and right side of sacroiliac joints were 0.96 MPa and 3.32 MPa,respectively.Conclusions The lumbar disc degeneration with sacroiliac joint disorder leads to the tilt of the body loading line,and sacroiliac joint disorder can aggravate the imbalances of stress on the body sides.The impact of sacroiliac joint dysfunction cannot be ignored in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.
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Objective To observe the effects of tuina on muscle atrophy after denervation and on muscle satellite cell proliferation.Methods Ninety male rabbits with denervated skeletal muscles were randomly divided into a normal group,a control group,and a treatment group.Tuina was applied daily to the right gastrocnemius muscles beginning one day after the modeling.Changes in muscle wet weight ratio and the amount of skeletal muscle satellite cells (SCs) were observed 1,2 and 3 weeks and 1,2,4 and 6 months post-modeling.Results The muscle wet weight ratios of both the treatment group and the control group were lower than those of the normal group.The weight ratio in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group after 2 months (0.578 ±0.163 vs 0.470 ±0.062),4 months (0.575 ±0.110 vs 0.453 ±0.101) and 6 months (0.559 ±0.083 vs 0.446 ±0.048).The amount of SCs was also significantly different in the treatment and control groups after 1 week (16.83 ±5.31 vs8.67±2.58),2 weeks (51.83±7.94 vs32.00±6.93) and4 months (11.17±3.49 vs 17.67±4.18).Conclusion Tuina therapy can promote proliferation of satellite cells and delay the atrophy of denervated skeletal muscles.
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Abstract: Various kinds of therapies have been clinically applied to treat cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR). However, the evaluation standards of therapeutic effect in different medical institutions are quite different from each other at present, thus bringing about many difficulties in the therapeutic effect evaluation of CSR treatment. Although many CSR-related scales have been developed, none of them could completely represent or reflect the exact curative actualities of CSR in China. Therefore, it is quite essential to establish a comprehensive evaluation scale for the therapeutic effect of CSR. And such evaluation system, in which the estimation of quality of life should be included, will become the developmental direction of CSR research in future.
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Objective:To investigate the onset mechanism of cervical vertigo from the proprioceptive sensation and provide clinical basis for its treatment.Methods:Among the 121 cases that conformed to the diagnostic criteria of cervical vertigo,70 cases who presented with negative neck-rotation test and cervical vertigo without obvious vascular factors by transcranial Doppler(TCD)were assigned to the observation group,while 51 cases who presented with positive neck-rotation test and cervical vertigo due to spasm of vertebral basal artery or insufficient blood supply by TCD were assigned to the control group.The cases in the two groups were treated once every day,5 days make up one treatment course and the resuIts were statistically analyrzed after one treatment course.Results:The skull triaxial spatial offset of the cases in the two groups were significantly reduced after the treatment (P<＜0.01).However, there was no statistically significant difference between the skull triaxial spatial offset between the two groups (p＞0.05).It is not conclusive that the therapeutic effect in the two groups was significantly different after one treatment course.Conclusion:Tuina manipulation therapy can improve the skull spatial ofrset repositioning ability of the Patients.
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On the basis of the investigation of the pathogenesis of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, this paper studies the mechanisms of spinal micro-adjustment manipulations in recovering and improving cervical dynamic and stationary balance from the perspective of biomechanics.
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Objective:Discuss and analyze the mechanisms of spine fine adjusting through the observation of the therapeutic effect in treating cervical spondylotic radiculopathy(CSR)and the conversion of cervical curvature.Methods: Randomly divide 106 CSR patients into two groups–manipulation therapy group and traction therapy group,53 for each.Judge the therapeutic effect by evaluation scales and measure the cervical curvature on X-ray photographs.Results:The symptoms and physical signs of the patients in both two groups have been improved(P
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A hemodynamic model of capillary and tissue, in which tissue pressure changed with swing manipulation of Traditional Chinese Medical Massage (TCMM), is presented in this paper to explain the hemodynamic mechanism of swing manipulation. Blood flowed in capillary with low Reynolds number. Plasma exuded through capillary according to the Starling's Law. Tissue pressure changed linearly with the massage force measured. Blood apparent viscosity, plasma protein concentration and red cell's hematocrit were taken into account. Capillary flow rate, blood apparent viscosity, filtration rate and filtration fraction with dynamical change of tissue pressure were calculated numerically, and were compared with those in static tissue pressure condition. Results showed that, dynamical change of tissue pressure led to the increase of capillary flow rate and the decrease of blood apparent viscosity, which qualitatively explained the hemodynamic mechanism of "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis" in swing manipulation of TCMM.
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Humans , Biomechanical Phenomena , Blood Flow Velocity , Blood Viscosity , Capillaries , Physiology , Hematocrit , Hemodynamics , Massage , Models, Cardiovascular , Pressure , Regional Blood FlowABSTRACT
Thirty-three infants with muscular torticollis were treated by Tuina techniques, and the size of the hardened sternocleidomastoid muscle in the affected side was B-ultrasonographically observed before and after treatment. Results: 27 cases were cured, 5 cases got effectiveness, 1 case failed and the total effective rate was 97.0%; B-ultrasonography, in the palpable cord-like or ovary-like lumps,showed low echo in 28 cases, moderate echo in 2 cases and high echo in 3 cases; there were significant differences in the length, thickness and width of the lumps between before and after treatment, P＜0.01. It is indicated that Tuina is quite effective against infantile muscular torticollis; that ultrasonography can be adopted as an objective item for the evaluation of the clinical efficacy of Tuina in the treatment of infantile muscular torticollis, and it is a simple, convenient and inexpensive method and should be extensively popularized in clinical practice.