Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, 2023 Objective: To investigate whether acupotomy could inhibit subchondral bone remodeling in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) rabbits by regulating the activity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts.
Mira Lee +6 more
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Safety and Effectiveness of Fluoroscopy-Guided Acupotomy for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized, Patient-Assessor Blind, Parallel Clinical Trial [PDF]
Journal of Acupuncture Research, 2019 Background In Korean medicine, carpal tunnel syndrome is treated by stimulating the acupoints around the wrist. Although a deep understanding of anatomy and guidance is needed to stimulate these acupoints to avoid undesirable side-effects, currently ...
Muhack Yang +7 more
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Effect of Traditional Korean Medicine Treatment Including Acupotomy on the Level of Pain and Quality of Life of Patients with Cervical Herniated Intervertebral Disc: A Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
Journal of Acupuncture Research, 2021 Background The purpose of this study was to statistically analyze the treatment effect and patient satisfaction of traditional Korean medicine, including acupotomy treatment of cervical herniated intervertebral disc.
Beom Seok Kim +4 more
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针刺研究, 2022 Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of balance acupotomy combined with warm needling in treatment of cervical spondylopathy of vertebral artery type(CSA).
WANG Xin +5 more
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Ultrasound-guided acupotomy for cervical spondylosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on GRADE quality assessment [PDF]
Frontiers in Pain ResearchLijian Z, Zhen Z, Yuan Y, Nachuan Z.
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Clinical Guidelines for Acupotomy Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
康复学报, 2023 Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease characterised by degeneration of articular cartilage, secondary bone formation, subchondral bone sclerosis and synovial inflammation, it belongs to the category of "Xibi" in Chinese medicine. With the
Working Group of Acupotomy Medical Branch of China Association of Chinese Medicine +16 more
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42 Cases of Calcaneus Spur Treated by Acupotomy and Moxibustion
针刺研究, 1999 Calcaneus spur is a commonly encountered disease in clinic and is a difficult disease to cure. The authors treated 42 cases by acupotomy and moxibustion, compared with 28 cases only treated by acupotomy, and found that the effect treated by acupotomy and
董洪涛, 卢正海
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Acupotomy Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation [PDF]
Journal of Acupuncture Research, 2020 Background The aim of this study was to examine whether the effects of acupotomy therapy were beneficial for the treatment of protrusion of lumbar intervertebral disc. Methods The number of patients (n = 80) were equally assigned into treatment group and
Chen Xilin +6 more
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Ultrasound-guided acupotomy for trigger finger: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023 Background Trigger finger is a common condition in the hand, and ultrasound-guided acupotomy for trigger finger has been widely used in recent years.
Yong-shan Liang +5 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchBackground To investigate the effects of combination combining Percutaneous Needle Fasciotomy (PNF) with stretching(Str) on early-stage skeletal muscle fibrosis in rats, focusing on the transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1)/Smad signaling pathway ...
Han Zhang +7 more
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