Cognitive impairment is a risk factor for decreased physical performance in the elderly.

Background: This study aimed to show a 3-year trajectory of physical performance among Chinese elderly in Beijing communities and explore the associations between new adverse events during the 3-year follow-up period and decreased physical performance.

Methods: A longitudinal observational study included baseline data and transitional information of physical performance from 456 community elders (mean age 67.3 ± 4.

Protective mechanisms of Tuina therapy against lipopolysaccharide-induced fever in young rabbits based on untargeted metabolomics analysis.

Objective: To investigate the effect of Tuina on the plasma metabolites of lipopolysaccharide-induced febrile in infant rabbits.

Methods: Twenty-four infant New Zealand rabbits were selected and randomly divided into three groups: saline, model, and Tuina. The fever model was established by injecting LPS intravenously through the ear margin vein in the model group and Tuina group, respectively.

Application Value of Elbow Pressing Method Combined with Zhongtong Ling Application in Children with Swelling and Pain after Operation of Supracondylar Fracture of the Humerus.

In order to improve the treatment effect of supracondylar fracture of the humerus, the application value of elbow press combined with Zhongtong Ling paste in postoperative swelling and pain in children with supracondylar fracture of the humerus is analyzed. 82 children with humeral condylar fracture undergoing surgery in our hospital from March 2019 to May 2020 are selected and divided into the control group and research group according to the symptoms of soreness. The VAS score is used to observe and compare the pain degree before intervention (T1), 1 month after intervention (T2), and 3 months after intervention (T3).

Osteogenic differentiation characteristics of hip joint capsule fibroblasts obtained from patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Background: Autoimmune disease are fairly common and one that has an excessive degree of disability is Ankylosing spondylitis (AS). As the main cells in connective tissues, fibroblasts may play important roles in AS ossification. The conducted research aims to establish the osteogenic disparity characteristics of fibroblasts cultured , obtained via AS patients hip joint capsule, as well as investigating the pathological osteogenic molecular workings of AS.

Prophylactic Electroacupuncture on the Upper Cervical Segments Decreases Neuronal Discharges of the Trigeminocervical Complex in Migraine-Affected Rats: An in vivo Extracellular Electrophysiological Experiment.

Purpose: This rat experiment aims to demonstrate the efficacy of electrical acupuncture in preventing migraine attacks by stimulating the acupoint GB20.

Introduction: Migraine, which takes 2ed at level four causes of GBD's disease hierarchy, becomes a public health issue. It is important for physicians to supplement their knowledge of its treatment and consider alternative methods of therapy, such as acupuncture.

[Effect of Warm-needle-moxibustion on Behavior Reactions and TNF-α and MMP-3 Contents in Knee Cartilage of Rabbits with Knee Osteoarthritis].

Objective: To observe the effect of warm-needle-moxibustion on behavior changes and the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) in the knee cartilage tissue of rabbits with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) so as to explore its mechanisms in relieving KOA.

Methods: Thirty male Japanese white rabbits were randomly divided into normal, model and treatment groups (=10 in each group). The KOA model was established by using immobilization me-thod.

Protective effects of traditional Tibetan medicine Zuo-Mu-A Decoction () on the blood parameters and myocardium of high altitude polycythemia model rats.

Objective: To explore the protective effects of Tibetan medicine Zuo-Mu-A Decoction (, ZMAD) on the blood parameters and myocardium of high altitude polycythemia (HAPC) model rats.

Methods: Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups by a random number table, including the normal, model, Rhodiola rosea L. (RRL) and ZMAD groups (10 in each group).

Chinese tuina downregulates the elevated levels of tissue plasminogen activator in sciatic nerve injured Sprague-Dawley rats.

Objective: To elucidate the mechanism of Chinese tuina in treating sciatic nerve crush injury, and to detect the levels of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), which is thought to play an important role in nerve regeneration.

Methods: Thirty-two adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to sciatic nerve crush injury and 16 rats (sham-operated group) went through a sham operation. Control group was given no treatment while tuina group received tuina therapy since day 7 post-surgery.

[Effect of stiletto needle intervention combined with massage on dysfunction and pain of knee-joints in patients with knee osteoarthrosis].

Objective: To observe the effectiveness of stiletto needle stimulation combined with massage in the treatment of dysfunction and pain of knee joints in knee osteoarthrosis (KOA) patients.

Methods: One hundred KOA outpatients and inpatients were randomly and equally divided into treatment and control groups. Patients of the treatment group were treated by using stiletto needle stimulation of 5-10 tender-points (at the medial collateral ligament, internal condyle of femur, medial condyle of femur, etc.

[Effect of massage on hemodynamics parameters of uterine artery and serum prostaglandin in treating patients with primary dysmenorrhea].

Objective: To observe the curative effect of massage in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea (PD), and its effect on hemodynamics parameters of uterine artery and serum prostaglandins.

Methods: 60 PD patients were randomly assigned to the massage group and the control group, 30 in each. Patients in the massage group received massage, while those in the control group orally took ibuprofen sustained release capsule, both for three menstrual cycles.

[Effect of Chinese medicinal massage on endocrinal function in women with climacteric syndrome].

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of Chinese medicinal massage with nourishing-Shen and activating-blood manipulation in treating women with climacteric syndrome and its influence on endocrinal function.

Methods: Sixty patients were assigned to two groups, the 40 patients in the treated group were treated by Chinese medicinal massage for 20 min once every other day; the 20 patients in the control group were treated by hormone replacement therapy with Premarin 0.625 g, once daily by oral taking.

[Controlled clinical trials on the treatment of lumbar disk herniation by Dingweiban and Xieban manipulation].

Objective: To observe and compare the clinical effect of Dingweiban and Xieban manipulation, and to compare the change of the deviation of spinous processes between two methods.

Methods: One hundred and twenty-two cases were divided into two groups. Sixty-two cases were treated with Dingweiban manipulation method and 60 cases by Xieban manipulation.

[Massage manipulation of supplementing marrow and kneading tendon in treating 30 children with spastic cerebral palsy].

Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of massage with manipulation of supplementing marrow and kneading tendon (SMKT) on spastic cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: A total of 60 children with CP were randomly assigned to the treatment group and the control group equally. All were treated with rehabilitation training, but massage with SMKT was carried out additionally for those in the treatment group, five times every week and 3 months as a therapeutic course.