Browse the latest research summaries in the field of alternative medicine for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 • September 1, 2022
This study protocol outlines a prospective functional neuroimaging and electrophysiological study to investigate the central-peripheral coupling effect of OAKT on post-stroke dyskinesia. The research ...
KEY FINDING: The study aims to clarify the neurological processing of acupuncture kinesitherapy covering the entire pathway from peripheral to central nervous system.
Journal of Immunology Research, 2022 • September 12, 2022
This paper argues that a miR-34a-3p/PDCD6 axis might be a candidate therapeutic target for treating SCI and that the therapeutic effect of EA is driven through this pathway. The results revealed that m...
KEY FINDING: miR-34a-3p might promote the in vitro differentiation of neural stem cell (NSC) through suppressing PDCD6 and regulating other important neural markers such as fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1), MAP1/2 (MAP kinase kinases 1/2), myelin basic protein (MBP), βIII-tubulin Class III β-tubulin (βIII tubulin), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 • September 15, 2022
This study conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses on 213 publications in the field of acupuncture for SCI in the WOS core database from 1979 to 2021. Quantitative analysis shows a fluctuating...
KEY FINDING: The number of publications related to acupuncture for SCI showed a fluctuating upward trend from 1979 to 2021.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021 • July 1, 2021
The study aimed to determine the changes of gene and protein expression through the Rho/ROCK signaling pathway in EA treated spinal cord injury (SCI) rats and to unveil the possible underlying mechani...
KEY FINDING: Electroacupuncture (EA) treatment significantly reduced mRNA and protein expression levels of RhoA and ROCKII in spinal cord injury (SCI) rats.
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019 • October 27, 2019
This network meta-analysis aimed to determine the effectiveness of various acupuncture therapies for SCI in improving motor function and daily living ability. Preliminary analysis showed that except f...
KEY FINDING: Exercise combined with electro-acupuncture (EA) is more effective than exercise alone in improving the ASIA motor score.
Pain Research and Management, 2020 • April 10, 2020
This study investigates the effect of 2 Hz electroacupuncture (EA) on neuropathic pain in rats with spared nerve injury (SNI), focusing on the role of interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8) and CX3CRl ...
KEY FINDING: Spared nerve injury (SNI) significantly increased spinal IRF8 and CX3CRl mRNA and protein expression in rats.
Neural Plasticity, 2020 • January 21, 2020
This study investigates the therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats and elucidates the effect of EA on the mTOR and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. The resul...
KEY FINDING: EA improves locomotor function in SCI rats, as evidenced by increased BBB scale scores compared to the model group.
Molecular Medicine Reports, 2020 • April 22, 2020
The study investigated the effects of electroacupuncture (EA) on microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles in spinal cord injury (SCI) rats to understand the potential mechanisms involved in SCI recovery. ...
KEY FINDING: Electroacupuncture (EA) treatment improved hindlimb motor function in spinal cord injury (SCI) rats, as indicated by higher Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan (BBB) scores.
Medicine, 2020 • July 24, 2020
This systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture (EA) for treating urinary incontinence (UI) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The review will includ...
KEY FINDING: This study will summarize the most recent evidence to assess the effectiveness and safety of EA for the treatment of UI in patients with SCI.
Medicine, 2020 • August 21, 2020
This systematic review protocol aims to evaluate the effectiveness of sitting Tai Chi for individuals with impaired physical mobility, addressing a gap in existing research. The review will analyze ra...
KEY FINDING: The study aims to systematically review the scientific literature to determine the effects of sitting Tai Chi on physical and psychosocial health outcomes among individuals with impaired physical mobility.