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Traditional Chinese Manual Therapy (Tuina) reshape the function of default mode network in patients with lumbar disc herniation.


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Purpose

Investigating the changes of regional homogeneity (ReHo) values and both static and dynamic functional connectivity (FC) before and after Traditional Chinese Manual Therapy (Tuina) in patients with lumbar disk herniation (LDH) through resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI). Based on this, we observe the effect of Tuina on the above abnormal changes.

Methods

Patients with LDH (n = 27) and healthy controls (HCs) (n = 28) were recruited. The functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning was performed two times in LDH patients, before Tuina (time point 1, LDH-pre) and after the sixth Tuina (time point 2, LDH-pos). And for one time in HCs which received no intervention. The ReHo values were compared between LDH-pre and HCs. The significant clusters detected by ReHo analysis were selected as seeds to calculate static functional connectivity (sFC). We also applied the sliding-window to perform dynamic functional connectivity (dFC). To evaluate the Tuina effect, the mean ReHo and FC values (both static and dynamic) were extracted from significant clusters and compared between LDH and HCs.

Results

In comparison to HCs, LDH patients displayed decreased ReHo in the left orbital part middle frontal gyrus (LO-MFG). For sFC analysis, no significant difference was found. However, we found decreased dFC variance between LO-MFG and the left Fusiform, and increased dFC variance in the left orbital inferior frontal gyrus and left precuneus. Both ReHo and dFC values revealed after Tuina, the brain activities in LDH patients were similar to HCs.

Conclusion

The present study characterized the altered patterns of regional homogeneity in spontaneous brain activity and those of functional connectivity in patients with LDH. Tuina can reshape the function of the default mode network (DMN) in LDH patients, which may contribute to the analgesic effect of Tuina in LDH patients.

SUBMITTER: Chen XM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050335 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Traditional Chinese Manual Therapy (Tuina) reshape the function of default mode network in patients with lumbar disc herniation.

Chen Xiao-Min XM   Wen Ya Y   Chen Shao S   Jin Xin X   Liu Chen C   Wang Wei W   Kong Ning N   Ling Dong-Ya DY   Huang Qin Q   Chai Jin-Er JE   Zhao Xiao-Lei XL   Li Jie J   Xu Mao-Sheng MS   Jiang Zhong Z   Du Hong-Gen HG  

Frontiers in neuroscience 20230315


<h4>Purpose</h4>Investigating the changes of regional homogeneity (ReHo) values and both static and dynamic functional connectivity (FC) before and after Traditional Chinese Manual Therapy (Tuina) in patients with lumbar disk herniation (LDH) through resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI). Based on this, we observe the effect of Tuina on the above abnormal changes.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with LDH (<i>n</i> = 27) and healthy controls (HCs) (<i>n</i> = 28) were recruited. T  ...[more]

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