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@# Objective To explore the effect of Tuina combined with treadmill training on nerve regeneration after sciatic nerve transection. Methods Ninty-six Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal group (n=32), model group (n=32) and treatment group (n=32). The sciatic nerve was transected and the epineurium was sutured in the latter two groups. The treatment group was given Tuina manipulation and treadmill training once a day. Eight rats from each group were detected their sciatic nerve conduction velocity (NCV), the number of axons and Schwann cells (SCs) two, three, four and eight weeks after intervention. Results Compared with the model group, the NCV accelerated in the treatment group four and eight weeks after intervention (P<0.05); while the number of axons was significantly different two and four weeks after intervention (P<0.05), and the number of SCs was not very different between the treatment group and the model group after intervention (P>0.05). Conclusion Tuina combined with treadmill training may promote the regeneration of peripheral nerve after injury in rats.
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Objective To investigate the effect of surround needling at articular six meridians plus finger (toe) tip bloodletting therapy on sciatic nerve conduction velocity and lower limb microcirculatory flow in diabetic rats. Method The model was made with streptozotocin. The rats were allocated to model, methycobal, acupuncture and normal groups. The methycobal group received a muscular injection of 50 ?g/kg in the left and right lower limbs alternately, every other day. The acupuncture group received acupuncture at points Taixi(KI3), Kunlun(BL60) and Jiexi(ST41), once daily plus toe tip bloodletting. The normal and model groups were bound 30 min once every other day. Every group was treated for eight weeks. General condition was observed, and sciatic nerve conduction velocity and lower limb microcirculatory flow were measured in the rats before and after treatment. Result Compared with the normal group, sciatic nerve conduction velocity decreased in the other groups of rats (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, sciatic nerve conduction velocity was higher in every treatment group of rats (P<0.05). Conclusion Surround needling at articular six meridians plus finger (toe) tip bloodletting therapy can increase sciatic nerve conduction velocity and improve lower limb microcirculation.