Acupoint catgut embedding therapy for functional constipation: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Background:This review will assess current evidence related to the effectiveness and safety of acupoint catgut embedding therapy for functional constipation (FC) and provide efficacy assessments for clinical applications.Methods:We will search the following databases for relevant trials: PubMed, EMBASE OVID, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, OVID MEDLINE, Web of Science, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane library, and Scopus. We will also search the following Chinese databases for trials published in the Chinese literature: China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journals Database, Wan Fang Database, Chinese Biomedicine and other resources from inception to December 2020. Only randomized controlled trials comparing acupoint catgut embedding versus acupuncture or sham acupuncture or placebo or other therapies will be included. The outcomes involved mean spontaneous bowel movements, complete spontaneous bowel movements, the Bristol Stool Form Scale, the Cleveland Clinic Score, Patient Assessment of Constipation symptom and so on. The risk of bias assessment and quality of evidence for outcomes will be appraised using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation guidelines. RevMan 5.3 software will be employed for the meta-analysis.Results:This work will compare and arrange the comparative efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding with different treatments for FC by summarizing the current evidences.Conclusion:The results of this meta-analysis may help doctors determine the best treatments for patients to manage FC.Ethics and dissemination:This is a protocol with no patient recruitment and personal information collection, approval by the ethics committee is not required.OSF Registration number:DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/XTKE2.     

The study on the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of nerve root sciatica: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Background:Nerve root sciatica (NRS) is a common orthopedic disease, which usually occurs between 20 and 40 years of age, and the incidence rate is increasing year by year and is being younger. The disease has no special effect of treatment, clinically generally taking the symptomatic treatment, such as taking short-term glucocorticoids, sedatives, analgesics, and so on. Long-term use of drugs will adversely affect the patient''s gastrointestinal tract, liver, and kidney function. The surgical treatment has a high risk of surgery, high cost, side effects, and other problems, so the choice of treatment method has always been a difficult problem in clinical and scientific research. The study shows that 90% of patients with sciatica can be cured by non-surgical treatment, so conservative therapy is often used in the treatment of sciatica, traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods in the treatment of NRS has been widely used, which has achieved good results, but there is no evidence of evidence-based medicine. Therefore, this study uses systematic evaluation to conduct the scientific evaluation of the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of NRS, and provide evidence-based medical evidence support for the treatment of NRS.Methods:Using the computer to retrieve the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP, WANFANG Database, and CBM. Using the subject words and terminology words to retrieve the Chinese-English database and retrieve a randomized controlled study on the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of NRS, and the range of search time is January 1990 to January 2021. The searched literature is screened and evaluated by two researchers respectively according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. If there is disagreement, discussing it with the third researcher to determine the final inclusion of the literature. Using the RevMan 5.3 software to conduct the meta-analysis.Results:This study will compare the effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding guided by musculoskeletal ultrasound in the treatment of NRS.Conclusion:The results of this study will be published in internationally influential academic journals to provide evidence-based medical evidence for the clinical effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of NRS.Ethics and dissemination:This study does not involve specific patients, and all research data comes from publicly available professional literature, so an ethics committee is not required to conduct an ethical review and approval of the study.OSF registration number:DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/Q492E.     

穴位埋线治疗支气管哮喘研究述评

穴位埋线将传统针灸学与现代医学技术融合为一体,在缓解支气管哮喘症状、控制病发率、改善患者生活质量等方面有较好疗效。同时,也存在以下问题:①一些报道中的治疗仅依靠临床经验总结,而且多以病案方式呈现,这使后人在借鉴时对其真实性产生怀疑,同时缺乏大数据、大样本的支持,不具有统计学意义。②哮喘疾病具有反复发作的特性,对于穴位埋线治疗支气管哮喘复发率的研究甚少,究其原因,临床观察时间短,收集的样本数量少,治疗后缺乏回访。③在临床操作中,有些心理素质较差、对疼痛耐受程度差的患者会有抵触情绪,不接受穴位埋线疗法。在今后,应采用国际统一的客观诊断标准,加强对大样本数据长时间性的观察,增加回访环节,选择客观合理、科学严谨的随机对照组,更深层次地研究穴位埋线疗法对于哮喘的复发率,使穴位埋线疗法趋于成熟。     

穴位埋线及中药对去势肥胖大鼠瘦素与下丘脑-垂体-性腺轴的影响

目的:探讨穴位埋线与中药加味对去势肥胖大鼠瘦素(LP)、神经肽Y(NPY)及下丘脑-垂体-卵巢轴(H-P-O)的调节作用。方法:选用双侧卵巢切除法复制去势肥胖模型,分组治疗后观察去势肥胖大鼠体质量、Lee,s指数、腹腔脂肪湿重、血清雌二醇E2、促卵泡生成素(FSH)、LP、NPY,下丘脑促性腺激素释放素(GnRH)、下丘脑弓状核瘦素受体(OB-R)阳性细胞数及脂肪细胞计数的变化。结果:各治疗组治疗后大鼠肥胖指标不同程度下降。LP、NPY、GnRH、FSH水平下降,E2水平上升,下丘脑弓状核瘦素受体(OB-R)阳性细胞数增加。结论:经过穴位埋线加中药治疗,可改善H-P-O轴平衡失调和瘦素抵抗,达到减肥效果。     

穴位埋线治疗便秘96例

目的观察穴位埋线疗法治疗便秘的临床疗效。方法穴位（足三里、天枢、大肠俞等）消毒麻醉后,将2号医用羊肠线穿入腰穿针,植入选定的穴位。结果观察96例便秘患者,5d后起效96例,（占100％）。三个月后随访显效以上88例（占91．7％）,符合治愈标准的71例（占78．7％）。结论穴位埋线可激发经络之气,改变人体内分泌及体内的神经体液平衡,从而有效的治疗便秘。方法简易而行,患者痛苦少,疗效可靠,易于在基层医院推广应用。     

穴位埋线治疗脑卒中后肌张力障碍临床研究

目的：探讨穴位埋线治疗脑卒中后肌张力障碍的临床疗效。方法：将60例确诊患者按数字表法随机分为治疗组和对照组,治疗组30例采用穴位埋线法治疗,对照组30例采用普通针刺法治疗。结果：两组均以快速肌张力测量仪变化作为疗效判定标准,治疗前后比较,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。结论：穴位埋线治疗脑卒中后肌张力障碍疗效显著。     

白环俞穴埋线术治疗环状混合痔术后疼痛的临床观察

目的观察白环俞穴埋线术对治疗混合痔手术后疼痛的效果。方法将本院中符合手术标准的环状混合痔患者100例,随机分为治疗组50例,术中应用白环俞穴埋线术;对照组50例,应用传统的克泽普注射液局部封闭法。分别观察3 d。结果在术后疼痛程度比较上,两组差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）;在患者对止痛效果满意度及减少并发症发生几率上,治疗组明显优于对照组（P〈0.05）,差异有统计学意义。结论白环俞穴埋线术较传统止痛方法能更有效的减少并缓解环状混合痔术后疼痛,降低术后并发症的发生几率。     

穴位埋线配合心理干预治疗神经性耳鸣的疗效观察

目的观察穴位埋线配合心理干预治疗神经性耳鸣的临床疗效。方法将96例患者随机分为穴位埋线配合心理干预治疗组、药物配合心理干预治疗组和药物对照组，每组32例，穴位埋线配合心理干预治疗护理，7d1次，4次为1个疗程，药物对照组口服甲钴胺0．5mg／次，3次／d；一月为一个疗程。三个疗程后进行疗效对比观察。结果埋线治疗配合心理干预组总有效率93．7％，药物配合心理干预治疗组总有效率69．7％，药物对照组总有效率53．1％，三组疗效差异有显著性意义（P〈0．05），且在治疗后，穴位埋线配合心理干预组在睡眠质量和焦虑情绪的改善上都优于药物组（P〈0．05）。结论穴位埋线配合心理干预治疗神经性耳鸣疗效显著。值得在临床推广应用。     

推拿按揉法加背俞穴埋线治疗变应性鼻炎临床研究

目的:探讨推拿按揉法加背俞穴埋线治疗变应性鼻炎的临床效果。方法:选取2017年6月~2019年5月收治的变应性鼻炎患者88例,随机分为对照组和观察组各44例,均给予服用枸地氯雷他定,观察组在此基础上给予推拿按揉法加双侧背俞穴埋线治疗,比较两组临床疗效、治疗前后鼻部症状和体征积分,IgE、TNF-α、IL-4、IL-12水平及临床复发率。结果:观察组总有效率为93.18%,高于对照组的79.55%(P<0.05);观察组鼻部症状体征积分改善程度优于对照组(P<0.05);观察组IgE、TNF-α、IL-4、IL-12水平改善程度优于对照组(P<0.05);观察组复发率为4.70%,低于对照组的41.19%(P<0.05)。结论:推拿按揉法加背俞穴埋线治疗变应性鼻炎可显著减轻临床症状和体征,改善患者炎性因子水平,并有助于降低复发率。