老年人夜间腿部的火针治疗:一个随机的假冒控制的试点试验协议
Xiyun Wang1,2, Wei You1, Yanpi Li2
1Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Acupuncture Neuromodulation, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Journal of pain research
|October 23, 2025
概括
火针疗法 (FNT) 是一种传统中医疗技术,正在作为老年人夜间腿部的非药物治疗方法进行测试. 这项试点试验调查了FNT.
科学领域:
- 综合医学是一个整体的医学.
- 传统中国医药 传统中国医药
- 神经学 神经学
背景情况:
- 夜间腿部 (NLC) 显著影响老年人.
- 目前针对NLC的非药物治疗方法有限.
- 火针疗法 (FNT) 提供了一种潜在的治疗方法,它结合了热和机械刺激.
研究的目的:
- 评估火针治疗 (FNT) 对夜间腿部 (NLC) 的疗效.
- 评估FNT对疼痛,睡眠,生活质量和肌肉性的影响.
- 建立用于NLC治疗的手动FNT协议.
主要方法:
- 一个前性的,随机的,参与者和评估者盲目的试点试验.
- 68名 (50-75岁) 患有频繁NLC的参与者每周两次接受FNT或Sham FNT,持续4周.
- 主要结局:NLC日数的变化;次要结局:疼痛,持续时间,睡眠,生活质量,肌肉硬 (SWE).
主要成果:
- 这个部分不在所提供的摘要中.
结论:
- 这项研究开创了对NLC手动FNT的评估.
- 它结合了创新的盲目和客观的生物机械评估.
- 结果将为未来对NLC的FNT进行大规模试验提供信息.
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