Effects of Tuina Combined with Treadmill Training on Regeneration of Sciatic Nerve in Rats

Shujie MA; Juantao Yan; Ran Tao; Yongjia LU; Chunhong Wang; Junfeng Pan; Ying MA; Fan Zhou; Jiamin Bao; Lijuan FU

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Effects of Tuina Combined with Treadmill Training on Regeneration of Sciatic Nerve in Rats

VernacularTitle:推拿手法联合跑台训练促进大鼠坐骨神经再生的效果①
Author: Shujie MA ^{1
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2} ; Juantao YAN ¹ ; Ran TAO ³ ; Yongjia LU ¹ ; Chunhong WANG ¹ ; Junfeng PAN ¹ ; Ying MA ¹ ; Fan ZHOU ¹ ; Jiamin BAO ³ ; Lijuan FU ³
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1. 1. Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditonal Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
2. 2. School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditonal Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
3. 2. School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditonal Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Tuina, treadmill, neuranagenesis, sciatic nerve, conduction velocity, rats
From: Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2016;22(11):1276-1280
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: 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.