Group Haptic Collaboration: Evaluation of Teamwork Behavior during VR Four-Person Rowing Task.

The assessment of multi-person group collaboration has garnered increasing attention in recent years. However, it remains uncertain whether haptic information can be effectively utilized to measure teamwork behavior. This study seeks to evaluate teamwork competency within four-person groups and differentiate the contributions of individual members through a haptic collaborative task.

fNIRS-based adaptive visuomotor task improves sensorimotor cortical activation.

. Investigating how to promote the functional activation of the central sensorimotor system is an important goal in the neurorehabilitation research domain. We aim to validate the effectiveness of facilitating cortical excitability using a closed-loop visuomotor task, in which the task difficulty is adaptively adjusted based on an individual's sensorimotor cortical activation.

CD39/CD73/A2a Adenosine Metabolic Pathway: Targets for Moxibustion in Treating DSS-Induced Ulcerative Colitis.

Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammation disease, and the incidence of UC is increasing recently. Both clinical trials and animal experiments show that moxibustion is a complementary and alternative treatment for UC. Previous studies showed that moxibustion can improve UC by regulating the balance of Tregs and Th17 (Sun .

Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion Regulate Hippocampus Glia and Mitochondria Activation in DSS-Induced Colitis Mice.

Objectives: To study the influence of electroacupuncture (EA) and moxibustion on the hippocampus astrocyte and microglia activation in the ulcerative colitis model and to evaluate the mitochondria activity.

Methods: 2.5% dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis mice were treated by EA or moxibustion.

Gut Microbiota: A New Strategy to Study the Mechanism of Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion in Treating Ulcerative Colitis.

Previous studies have confirmed that acupuncture and moxibustion is an effective way for treating ulcerative colitis (UC). However, the exact mechanism is unclear yet. In this study, DSS-induced UC mice were treated by electroacupuncture and moxibustion, and the genome of intestinal flora was subsequently detected by high-throughput sequencing in order to explore the detailed mechanism in terms of intestinal flora.

Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion Improved Anxiety Behavior in DSS-Induced Colitis Mice.

Background And Aims: Psychological disorders are prevalent in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. The aim of this study was to study whether electroacupuncture (EA) and moxibustion (MB) can improve anxiety behavior in DSS-induced colitis mice and to investigate whether this effect is related to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis.

Methods: The colitis model was established by drinking 2.

[Effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells conditioned medium on microglia and its secretion of arginase 1 in rats].

Objective: To observe the effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) conditioned medium on microglia (MGs) and its secretion of arginase 1 (Arg1).

Methods: The BMSCs separated through differential adhesion method from the femur and tibia marrow of 4-week-old Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were cultured and identified by Vimentin immunofluorescence staining; whereas MGs separated through trypsin digestion method from the brain of 3-day-old SD rats were cultured and identified by Iba1 immunofluorescence staining. The primary MGs were cultured with DMEM/F12 medium containing BMSCs conditioned medium (experimental group) and with single DMEM/F12 medium (control group), respectively.

Regulating the Balance of Th17/Treg via Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion: An Ulcerative Colitis Mice Model Based Study.

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the effects of electroacupuncture/moxibustion and the balance of Th17/Treg in treating ulcerative colitis (UC) and to preliminary compare the effects of the above two methods.

Methods: DSS-induced UC mice were treated by electroacupuncture and moxibustion. Disease activity index (DAI) was scored; intestinal pathological structure and ultrastructure were observed.

Symptoms of long-term exposure to moxa smoke in acupuncturists: a correlation analysis.

Objective: To investigate the effects of long-term exposure to moxa smoke on acupuncturists and to consider the association between physical symptoms and gender, age, secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, and the duration of exposure.

Methods: A self-report, web-based questionnaire was used to evaluate the effects of moxa smoke on acupuncturists. Logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between physical symptoms and possible correlative factors.