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Filter by:The investigators plan to conduct the randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of electro-press needle (EPN), a novel acupuncture needle combining shallow and gentle insertion with transdermal electrical stimulation, on menopause-associated hot flash in comparison with gamma-oryzanol group among women during menopausal transition and postmenopausal periods.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a kind of worldwide and common sexual dysfunction disease, which mainly affects men over forty years old. The clinical characteristics of ED is the inability to maintain sufficient erection to obtain satisfactory sexual intercourse. Age, education, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and hypertension are factors inducing ED. Recent years, the prevalence of ED is rising, and more men aged below forty years old are suffering ED. Published review indicated that the prevalence of ED was 40.56% in Chinese men aged over forty years old. A survey conducted in China suggested that 40.56% men aged over forty years old suffered from ED. Another international survey found that, 21.48% sexually active participants suffered from ED. Several researches demonstrated that, ED affects health and quality of life of patients and partner. Besides, ED induces patients' psychosocial problems, including depression and anxiety, and reduce work efficiency. According to American Urological Association guideline published in 2018, the clinical therapies for ED include phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i), vacuum erection device, and penile prosthesis implantation. PDE5i (such as sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil) is a first-line drug for ED, recommended by doctors and patients. However, the most common side effects of PDE5i were headache, dyspepsia, flushing, and blurred vision. Furthermore, the ideal dose and type of PDE5i still need to be further studied. The use of PDE5i is restricted by those reasons. Acupuncture is an important role of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and acupuncture received more concerned recently. The correlation between meridians and viscera is the center of acupuncture scientific problem. Acupoints stimulation can regulate visceral sensation and mobility to treat diseases.
Diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) refers to a decrease in the number and quality of oocytes in the ovary, which results in impaired ovarian function and decreased fertility. Meanwhile, levels of the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), antral follicle count (AFC), and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) also decrease in patients with DOR. In general, there is a decline in fertility and premature menopause. Some patients will have low menstrual volume, oligomenorrhea or even amenorrhea, abnormal uterine bleeding, ovulation disorders, infertility and perimenopausal performance before the age of 40, and eventually develop into premature ovarian failure. In recent years, with the changes of social culture, living environment, work pressure and other factors, the incidence of this disease has increased year by year, which has a great impact on women's fertility, mental health, quality of life, family relations and other aspects. As a green and safe complementary and alternative therapy, acupuncture has been proved to be effective. According to the statistics, 904 (33.54%) of the 2695 syndromes indicated by acupoints of the liver meridian recorded in 93 ancient medical books are reproductive disorders, ranking first in the diseases indicated by the liver meridian and the 14 meridians. The body surface course of the liver meridian is closely related to the genitals, and there is a close relationship between the liver meridian and the genitals in physiology and pathology. According to the theory of the relationship between meridians and zangfu organs, the study aims to verify the efficacy and safety of acupuncture of the liver meridian and provide high-level research evidence for meridian syndrome differentiation of reproductive system diseases via "treatment from the liver."
Objective: Evaluating the behavior of skin temperature through infrared thermography after application of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in Weizhong (B40) and Kunlun (B60) acupunctures points. Methods: A single-blind randomized clinical trial was performed with 54 participants of both sexes, mean of 21.88±2.53 years, randomized into three groups (n=18): electroacupuncture (EAG), acupuncture (AG) and control (CG). The application was bilateral in the acupoints (B60 and B40), for 20 minutes. The skin temperature of the lower limbs was measured at the following times: before application, 10 minutes of application, 20 minutes of application and 10 minutes after needle removal.
The proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluated the effect of acupuncture treatment on the functional capacity (FC) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients receiving maintenance dialysis. A total of 60 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) from a dialysis centre (Portugal), were randomly assigned to acupuncture, sham and control group.
The investigators plan to conduct the randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of electro-press needle (EPN), a novel acupuncture needle combining shallow and gentle insertion with transdermal electrical stimulation, on menopause-associated hot flash in comparison with waiting-list group among women during menopausal transition and postmenopausal periods.
This single-center randomized sham-controlled trial will be conducted in cardiothoracic surgery department of the Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in China. A total of 92 eligible participants with pulmonary nodules (size ≥ 8mm) who will undergo VATS will be randomly allocated to a TEAS group and a sham TEAS (STEAS) group in a 1:1 ratio. Daily TEAS/STEAS treatment will be performed starting on 3 days before the VATS and continued for three consecutive days, once per day. The primary outcome will be the minimal clinically important difference of generalized anxiety disorder scale score change between the day before surgery with the baseline. The secondary outcomes include serum concentrations of 5-hydroxytryptamine, norepinephrine and gamma-aminobutyric acid, intraoperative anesthetic consumption, time to postoperative chest tube removal, postoperative pain, length of postoperative hospital stay. The adverse events will be recorded for safety evaluation. All data in the study will be analyzed using the SPSS 21.0 statistical software package.
This project intends to develop a clinical randomized controlled study of ADCT (acupuncture and drug compound technology) in accelerating the recovery of patients during the perioperative period of pneumonectomy. The ADCT the investigators proposed is a characteristic technology that uses acupuncture-related technologies to replace part of the dosage of narcotic drugs. With the support of the investigators' preliminary research results of ADCT, sequential TEAS (transcutaneous electrical acupoints stimulation) treatment before, during and after the operation promoted recovery after thoracoscopic lung resection. Compared with electroacupuncture, TEAS has the advantages of non-invasive, easy to repeat, safe, and low cost, and it has widely been accepted by patients. In view of the investigators' previous clinical observations and conclusions, ADCT in the perioperative period of lung resection surgery can indeed play a good role in organ protection and reduce surgical stress reaction. Therefore, it is necessary to further clarify the advantages and application value of ADCT and provide evidence-based medical evidence. is in accelerating the perioperative period of rehabilitation, it is imminent to formulate a standardized, practical, effective and conducive to the promotion and application of acupuncture and medicine compound technology in hospitals at all levels during the perioperative period of combined Chinese and Western medicine prevention and treatment programs. In order to formulate and optimize the application of ADCT in the entire perioperative period of lung resection surgery, and promote the establishment of the first perioperative rehabilitation management and treatment model based on ADCT in accelerated lung resection surgery to facilitate clinical promotion.
In recent years, commonly used Omics techniques, including genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, have been applied in the studies on the mechanism of acupuncture effect. In the previous study, "Immediate effects of proximal and distal acupoints on the Radial Pressure Pulse-wave in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial", significant changes in the spectral-energy of the pulse wave in the proximal-acupoint treatment group and the distal-acupoint treatment group infer pain relief and blood-flow improvement. The scores of the Visual Analog Scale were decreased, and the passive and active range of knee motions were increased. Both of the proximal and distant acupoints could be used for knee osteoarthritis treatment. To advance the previous work by becoming one treatment, this study will explore if there is any Omics difference resulting from the two acupoints, thus examining the mechanism of curative effect of acupuncture. Additionally, Chinese medical emphasizes the relationship between body constitution and diseases and the dynamic change of pulses and meridians during the disease development. These significances are in agreement with Omics features about organism integrity, dynamic, and complexity. The current study will adopt a Chinese medical body constitution survey, the spectral-energy (SE) changes of the pressure wave from the radial artery, and the pulse energy analysis of Ryodoraku to identify the differences in specific genes, protein, and metabolites of various body constitutions, pulses, changes of the pressure wave, aiming to set up the objectification of Chinese medical diagnosis.
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases all over the world. Currently, about 70 million people have epilepsy worldwide. In particular, more than 30% of epilepsy patients still have seizures even though they are treated with appropriate anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs). This number has remained unchanged even after more than 20 years with many new anti-epileptic drugs being introduced. According to International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), drug-resistant epilepsy is defined when a patient does not achieve seizure-free the seizure with two optimal antiepileptic drugs. This clinical trial is designed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of thread-embedding acupuncture (TEA) as palliative treatment of drug resistant epilepsy.