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BACKGROUND: Far-infrared wave therapy can accelerate blood flow rapidly, strengthen the exchange of substance and energy among tissues, and promote the rapid recovery of musculoskeletal micro-injury. The far-infrared ceramic microsphere is a new functional rehabilitation material in the field of physical therapy and rehabilitation in recent years. OBJECTIVE: To verify the therapeutic effectiveness of far-infrared ceramic microsphere intervention on muscle extensibility, stiffness, and elasticity after musculoskeletal injury. METHODS: Male students aged 18-21 years who were diagnosed with posterior femoral muscle injury in each sports specialty were selected as test subjects. Twenty subjects were selected and randomly divided into two groups (n=10/group), and then underwent far-infrared therapeutic apparatus (control group) and far-infrared ceramic microsphere intervention treatment (trial group) for 2 consecutive weeks. A non-invasive muscle detection system was used to collect muscle extensibility, muscle stiffness, and muscle elasticity data before and 3, 7, and 14 days after treatment. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The muscle extensibility in the trial group at 3, 7, and 14 days after treatment was higher than that before treatment (P 0.05). In the control group, the muscle extensibility at 14 days after treatment was higher than that before treatment (P 0.05). In the control group, the muscle stiffness at 14 days after treatment was higher than that before treatment (P 0.05). In the control group, the muscle elasticity at 14 days after treatment was higher than that before treatment (P < 0.05), but it was still lower than that of the healthy side (P < 0.05). The muscle elasticity at different time points in the trial group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). (4) In summary, far-infrared ceramic microspheres can improve muscle extensibility and elasticity, reduce muscle stiffness and promote the recovery of muscle damage.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for a method for increasing clinical therapeutic effect of acute large area cerebral infarction.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety-six cases were randomly divided into a comprehensive treatment group and a western medicine group, 48 cases in each group. The western medicine group were treated with routine western methods, dehydration for decreasing intracranial pressure, brain-protection, anti-platelet agglutination, improving circulation and expectant treatment, etc.; the comprehensive treatment group were treated with the routine treatment of western medicine combined with acupuncture, moxibustion and enema of Chinese drugs. The therapeutic effect was observed after treatment for 28 days.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 68.8% in the comprehensive treatment group and 39.6% in the western medicine group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01), and the score of the National Institute of Health's Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and the score of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in the comprehensive treatment group were better than those in the western medicine group (P < 0.001, P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Combined treatment of Chinese medicine and western medicine for large area cerebral infarction is better than simple western medicine, and it can significantly improve neurological defect of the patient and decrease death rate.</p>