Clinical value of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in assessing the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on trapezius myofascial pain syndrome
10.16571/j.cnki.1008-8199.2017.09.012
- VernacularTitle:声辐射力脉冲成像技术评估斜方肌筋膜疼痛综合征患者针灸疗效的临床价值
- Author:
Yan FU
;
Honglei TIAN
;
Yi WANG
;
Yehua CAI
;
Yanhe WANG
;
Hui HUANG
;
Jun ZHANG
- Keywords:
Trapezius myofascial pain syndrome;
Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging;
Acupuncture
- From:
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
2017;30(9):953-957
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common muscle function disturbance.This study was to investigate the clinical value of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging in assessing the therapeutic effect of acupuncture for patients with trapezius MPS.Methods A total of 116 patients diagnosed with trapezius MPS received acupuncture therapy once a day for 10 days in Pudong Hospital from August 2015 to June 2016.Using ARFI imaging, we recorded the shear wave velocity (SWV) of the trapezius and obtained the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) scores of the patients before, at the end of, and at 7, 15 and 30 days after treatment.Then, we analyzed the interaction and correlation between the SWV values and SF-MPQ scores of the patients at different time points.Results Both the SF-MPQ scores and SWV values were first decreased, falling to lowest values (5.19 points and 1.43 m/s) at 7 days after treatment, and then increased again.The interaction between the SF-MPQ scores and SWV values were significantly different at different time points (Finteraction=2.553, Pinteraction=0.038), and there was a strong linear correlation between the two indexes (r=0.755, P=0.000).Conclusion ARFI imaging combined with SF-MPQ has a certain clinical value in assessing the effect of acupuncture on trapezius MPS.
