Effects of Tuina Combined with Treadmill Training on Regeneration of Sciatic Nerve in Rats
MA Shu-jie
YAN Jun-tao
TAO Ran
LU Yong-jia
WANG Chun-hong
PAN Jun-feng
MA Ying
ZHOU Fan
BAO Jia-min
FU Li-juan
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of Tuina combined with treadmill training on nerve regeneration after sciatic nerve transec-tion. Methods Ninty-six Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal group (n=32), model group (n=32) and treatment group (n=32). The sciatic nerve was transected and the epineurium was sutured in the latter two groups. The treatment group was given Tuina ma-nipulation and treadmill training once a day. Eight rats from each group were detected their sciatic nerve conduction velocity (NCV), the number of axons and Schwann cells (SCs) two, three, four and eight weeks after intervention. Results Compared with the model group, the NCV accelerated in the treatment group four and eight weeks after intervention (P<0.05);while the number of axons was significantly differ-ent two and four weeks after intervention (P<0.05), and the number of SCs was not very different between the treatment group and the mod-el group after intervention (P>0.05). Conclusion Tuina combined with treadmill training may promote the regeneration of peripheral nerve after injury in rats.
Keywords：Tuinatreadmillneuranagenesissciatic nerveconduction velocityrats
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 1276-1280 )