Treatment effect and mechanism of Fu's subcutaneous needling among patients with shoulder pain: A retrospective pilot study

Bao, Xiao; Wang, Minghong; Liu, Howe; H, Shi; Salem, Yasser; Shu, Xu; Zhu, Zhenan; Xie, Jianliang; Yang, Quan

doi:10.1002/ar.24710

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“…Various interventions such as therapeutic exercise, cognitive behavioral approach, and acupuncture therapy have been developed to reduce shoulder pain. [21][22][23] If the interventions can be customized for suitability to each specific subject, these will be effective in reducing shoulder pain and shoulder disability.…”

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The relationship between shoulder pain and shoulder disability in women: The mediating role of sleep quality and psychological disorders

Hwang

2022

Medicine

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The number of patients complaining of shoulder pain is gradually increasing, and women with shoulder pain in particular tend to present with psychological disorders and poor sleep quality. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether psychological disorder and poor sleep quality mediated the relationship between shoulder pain and shoulder disability in women. This is a descriptive survey study of 222 women from 3 community centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do regions in South Korea. Data about shoulder pain, shoulder disability, sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and stress were collected using structured questionnaires between May 10 and June 7, 2021, and were analyzed by serial mediation analysis. The direct effect of shoulder pain on shoulder disability was statistically significant. Serial mediation model showed that sleep quality and psychological disorders (depression, anxiety, and stress) were sequential mediators between shoulder pain and shoulder disability among women. The relationship between shoulder pain and shoulder disability among women was partially mediated by sleep quality and psychological disorders (depression, anxiety, and stress). The results emphasize the importance of sleep quality and psychological factors in shoulder disability and suggest the use of strategies to improve sleep quality and alleviate psychological factors when developing an intervention program to mitigate shoulder disability in women with shoulder pain.

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The relationship between shoulder pain and shoulder disability in women: The mediating role of sleep quality and psychological disorders

Hwang

2022

Medicine

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“…[7] FSN treatment has been shown to have efficacy in several musculoskeletal disorders. [8,9] Immediately after FSN intervention, a reexamination of the VA using the CVA ultrasound revealed that the luminal diameter of the right VA was 2.7 mm (Fig. 1B), which was 0.6 mm wider.…”

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Subcutaneous stretching enlarges adjacent vertebral artery instantly in patients with cervicogenic dizziness: Two case reports

Huang

Liang

et al. 2023

Medicine

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Rationale: Fu's subcutaneous needling (FSN) is effective for cervicogenic dizziness (CGD), which is often a result of vascular problems. Here, we attribute the positive treatment effect of FSN for CGD to improvements in vascular problems. Patient concern: Two patients were experiencing low quality of life due to reproducible dizziness. Diagnosis: Two patients with cervical spine disorder, presented with neck pain and reproducible dizziness. Other causes of dizziness were excluded. Interventions: Case 1 received 1 session of FSN treatment, while case 2 received 3 sessions of FSN treatment in a month. Outcomes: The dizziness and neck pain experienced by both patients instantly improved significantly after FSN treatment, and the luminal diameter of the vertebral artery (VA) measured by carotid and VA ultrasound enlarged simultaneously up to 1.29-fold and 1.09-fold for both cases. According to the Hagen–Poiseuille equation, the blood flow volume increased 2.77-fold and 1.43-fold, respectively. Case 2 recovered from CGD with 1.19-fold VA luminal diameter increment and about 2.01-fold increase of blood flow volume in a month. Lessons: Subcutaneous stretching provides a safe, convenient and immediate solution to CGD, and supports the diagnosis and treatment of CGD under carotid and VA ultrasound. This study suggests that stretching subcutaneously can influence adjacent VA, which may also help improve some cerebrovascular diseases.

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“…[1][2][3] FSN therapy is widely used, and its efficacy is exact for somatic and visceral pain; it also has remarkable effects on nonpainful conditions, such as chronic bronchitis, stress urinary incontinence, chronic superficial gastritis disease, Parkinson's disease, myopia, and intractable diarrhea, but its specific mechanism of action is yet to be elucidated. [4][5][6] The diseases that FSN can treat, including painful or non-painful diseases, are initially caused by muscle problems. Longterm muscle overload, exercise, incorrect force posture, and muscle atrophy and degeneration lead to ischemia and hypoxia of muscle tissues and cause myofascial trigger point (MTrP) via the theory of energy crisis.…”

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Effects of Fu’s subcutaneous needling on mitochondrial structure and function in rats with sciatica

Li¹,

Gao²,

Huang

et al. 2022

Mol Pain

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To observe the effects of Fu's subcutaneous needling (FSN) and acupuncture treatment on the mitochondrial structure and function of the skeletal muscle tissue of rats with sciatica. Forty Sprague–Dawley rats were divided into control, model, acupuncture, and FSN groups (10 each) according to a random number table. The control group was left untreated. Rats in the FSN group were treated with FSN once every 2 days for three times, respectively (days 1, 3, 5, and 7), to cooperate with reperfusion approach. The acupuncture group was treated at the same timeline as that of the FSN group. Changes in the mechanical pain threshold, mitochondrial ultrastructure, mitochondrial citrate synthase (CS) activities, mitochondrial respiratory chain complex II, and mitochondrial COX- I protein expression in the skeletal muscle of rats treated with different treatments were compared with those of the model group. The pain thresholds of the rats were remarkably higher after FSN treatment and acupuncture, and the pain threshold of the FSN group was higher than that of the acupuncture group. Compared with the control group, the mitochondria of the model group had a damaged ultrastructure, were arranged in a disorganized manner, accumulated under the basement membrane, and appeared vacuolated with autophagosomes. The state of mitochondria in the FSN group was close to that in the control group and was remarkably better than that in the acupuncture group. The activities of mitochondrial CS and respiratory chain complex II in the skeletal muscle of the treated rats decreased compared with the control group (P<0.05), and their levels were better in the FSN group than in the acupuncture group (P<0.05). FSN treatment for 1 week considerably improved the pain thresholds and improved the skeletal muscle mitochondrial ultrastructure and mitochondrial function in rats with sciatica.

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Treatment effect and mechanism of Fu's subcutaneous needling among patients with shoulder pain: A retrospective pilot study

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

The relationship between shoulder pain and shoulder disability in women: The mediating role of sleep quality and psychological disorders

The relationship between shoulder pain and shoulder disability in women: The mediating role of sleep quality and psychological disorders

Subcutaneous stretching enlarges adjacent vertebral artery instantly in patients with cervicogenic dizziness: Two case reports

Effects of Fu’s subcutaneous needling on mitochondrial structure and function in rats with sciatica

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