Status of Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Interchange Between Basic and Clinical Studies: Effects of Acupuncture and Moxibustion on Muscle Diseases and Muscular Functions/Metabolism and the Status of These Techniques
10.3777/jjsam.54.698
- VernacularTitle:ここまでわかったしん灸医学：基礎と臨床との交流―筋疾患および筋機能・代謝におけるしん灸の効果と現状―
- Author:
Akihirol OZAKI
;
Ikuro WAKAYAMA
;
Hideaki TANAKA
;
Toshiaki SUZUKI
;
Hisashi SHINBARA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
muscle;
static electromyogram;
dynamic electromyogram;
dystonia;
writer's cramp;
acupuncture;
electroacupuncture;
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2004;54(5):698-716
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
In this seminar, the effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on muscle diseases and muscular functions/metabolism were reported, and the status of these techniques were summarized.
In the clinical study section, it was reported that the effects of treatment on muscle diseases and muscular functions were evaluated using objective criteria, such as electromyograms. In the review of the methods for the evaluation of muscular functions using surface electromyograms, the static electromyograms, dynamic electromyograms, and power-spectrum analysis were presented, and the effects of acupuncture and manual treatment on diseases mainly in locomotor organs and their problems were discussed. For example, 72.9% of the 48 patients with cervical dystonia were found to show improvement by 10 courses of acupuncture treatment, and effects were observed in all patients by electromyography. Similar effects were obtained with patients with drug-induced dystonia. In many of the patients with writer's cramp who underwent 10 courses of acupuncture treatment, improvement in writing tests, subjective evaluation, and the strength of pen stokes were observed.
In the review of the basic studies, the effects of acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on muscular tension, muscular metabolism (energy metabolism, intracellular pH, lactate metabolism), muscular circulation, and noxious and non-noxious motor reflex were surveyed, and their mechanisms and problems were discussed.
