The position of the Chinese massage (Tuina) in clinical medicine

Ilić, Dušan; Djurović, Aleksandar; Brdareski, Zorica; Vukomanović, Aleksandra; Pejovic,; Grajic, Mirko

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“…Tuina massage, which has been used in China for clinical purposes for >1,000 years, is an effective therapeutic physical massage that provides pain relief and helps to alleviate the symptoms of chronic inflammatory diseases (18). However, the underlying mechanism remains obscure, due to the lack of experimental animal models.…”

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Analgesic effects of Chinese Tuina massage in a rat model of pain

Jiang

Hao

Fang

et al. 2016

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

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Abstract. Previous clinical trials have suggested that theChinese Tuina massage may exert transient analgesic effects. However, further investigation regarding the underlying mechanism has been hindered by the lack of a suitable animal model of pain. The present study established a rat model of hind leg pain by injecting 5.8% hypertonic saline solution (HSS) into the left gastrocnemius muscle. The effects of various Tuina massages on the pain thresholds of the rats were then measured. In addition, the effects of ipsilateral and contralateral Tuina massages on C-fiber-evoked field potentials following electrical stimulation of the left sciatic nerve were determined. Alterations in the gastrocnemius muscle tissues following various Tuina applications were investigated using hematoxylin and eosin, and desmin staining, as well as malondialdehyde and superoxide dismutase assays. Heavy hand pressure transiently reduced the pain sensitivity of both posterior limbs, despite HSS only being injected into the left hind leg. Tuina massage treatments that lasted for 15 min were associated with the best results and an absence of local tissue changes. The results of electrical sciatic nerve stimulation demonstrated that ipsilateral and contralateral Tuina massage may decrease the level of peripheral nociceptive C-fiber activity. In the present study, the Chinese Tuina massage exerted analgesic effects in a rat model of pain, which did not involve tissue damage, following a 15 min massage. Therefore, the rat model of pain used in the present study may provide a novel approach for investigating the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects of Tuina massage. IntroductionNociception is a sensory process that leads to pain triggered by nociceptors, which are primary sensory neurons that respond to thermal, mechanical or chemical stimuli (1). There are various major pain theories, including the intensity theory of pain, which postulates that any sensory stimulus with enough intensity can generate pain (2). The peripheral pattern theory suggests that pain is produced by intense stimulation of all skin fiber endings (3), which contradicts the specificity theory, which proposes that there are numerous types of sensory receptors, with each one responding to a specific type of stimuli (4). All of these theories propose that pain is induced by the hyperstimulation of sensory receptors; however, research has suggested that pain may be associated with other sensory stimuli, such as touch (5).The Chinese Tuina massage is a traditional hand massage, which has previously been associated with pain relief. There are six main styles of physical Tuina therapy, including wobbling, rubbing, vibrating, squeezing, knocking and articular moving. Squeezing involves pressing, pinching, kneading, grasping and rubbing, and is commonly used in Tuina pain treatments (6). Constant softness and penetration under consistent intensities, frequencies and manipulation durations are applied to all styles of Tuina. Clinical practice h...

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Analgesic effects of Chinese Tuina massage in a rat model of pain

Jiang

Hao

Fang

et al. 2016

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

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“…Over thousands of years, the scope of Tuina progressively increased not only in Chinese civilization but also in other cultures, and evidently this trend dynamically ongoing and enduring. At present, Tuina is used around the world and has many forms, techniques, procedures, and several underlying mechanisms of action [1,5,[8][9][10]. In addition, Tuina is based on certain theories and principles [5, [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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“…Tuina is a well-recognized traditional Chinese massage therapy around the world and has innumerable clinical indications that are based on rigorous research evidence gathered through open and comparative randomized controlled clinical trials, systematic reviews and metaanalyses [1,5,8,13,[17][18][19][20][21][22][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. Furthermore, most of clinical research in which Tuina is used either alone or in conjunction with other CAM or conventional medicine reported positive results.…”

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“…Its clinical indications and contraindications are well recognized and reported in various studies [4,5,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. Tuina is reported to have good safety profile, and most of the randomized controlled clinical trials along with systematic reviews and meta-analyses have reported no adverse effects [1,4,8,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. However, some mild and transient side effects such as headache, nausea, vomiting, and pain have been reported in the literature.…”

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“…In clinical practice, individual manipulations of Tuina are rarely used; rather, combined manipulations are applied. There are more than 110 diverse manipulations, though only 20-30 are commonly used [8]. Although some progress is made concerning standardization of Tuina technique (i.e., frequency, duration and force) [9], further advances are required to match the evolving newer techniques of Tuina massage around the world.…”

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The position of the Chinese massage (Tuina) in clinical medicine

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Analgesic effects of Chinese Tuina massage in a rat model of pain

Analgesic effects of Chinese Tuina massage in a rat model of pain

Tui Na (or Tuina) Massage: A Minireview of Pertinent Literature, 1970-2017

Treatment progress of cryptozoospermia with Western Medicine and traditional Chinese medicine: A literature review

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