Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 18, 2026
Abdominal Massage to Improve Motor Dysfunction in Rats with Cerebral Palsy
Published on: August 11, 2023
[Effect of medicated bath plus acupoint massage on limbs in treating 42 patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy]
1Jiaozuo Vocational College of Medicine, Henan. zhaomeiyu88@163.com
Objective:
To observe the effect of medicated bath plus acupoint massage on limbs (B-M treatment) in treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
Methods:
Eighty-two patients were divided into two groups, the control group (n=40) and the treated group (n=42), they were treated by conventional treatment but with B-M treatment applied to the latter additionally, the course to both groups was 12 weeks. The curative effects obtained were compared after treatment.
Results:
The total effective rate was higher in the treated group than that in the control group (81.0% vs. 52.5%, P < 0.05); the nerval transmission speed was improved significantly (P < 0.05) after treatment in both group, but that in the treated group was better than in the control group (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
B-M treatment on limbs has better effect than Western medicine along in promoting DPN restoration.
