Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of the Clinical Effect and Cerebral Mechanism of Tuina in Lumbar Disc Herniation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Parallel Group Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) has become a serious public health and socioeconomic problem. Tuina is a Chinese medicine treatment method based on meridian acupuncture theory and modern anatomy. Tuina can relieve pain and muscle tension and improve functional disorders; this massage is performed by pressing, kneading, pushing, pulling, and shaking the skin, muscles, and bones. However, the mechanism of action and the effect of Tuina as an external treatment on the activities of the central nervous system to relieve LDH pain is unclear. Therefore, we performed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which is widely used in pain-related research, as it can detect the effects of different types of pain on brain activity.

Objective

Our randomized controlled parall

SUBMITTER: Jiang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11474116 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature