XU Daoming, LIU Jing, ZHANG Di, et al. Effects of thunder-fire moxibustion on balance function and musculoskeletal metabolism in female patients of primary osteoporosis with low muscle mass[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2024, 44(8): 859-864.
DOI:
XU Daoming, LIU Jing, ZHANG Di, et al. Effects of thunder-fire moxibustion on balance function and musculoskeletal metabolism in female patients of primary osteoporosis with low muscle mass[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2024, 44(8): 859-864.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20231229-0002.
Effects of thunder-fire moxibustion on balance function and musculoskeletal metabolism in female patients of primary osteoporosis with low muscle mass
To observe the effects of thunder-fire moxibustion on the balance function and musculoskeletal metabolism in female patients of primary osteoporosis (POP) with low muscle mass.
Methods
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Sixty female patients of POP with low muscle mass were randomly divided into an observation group (30 cases
5 cases dropped out) and a control group (30 cases
2 cases dropped out).The patients in the control group were treated with oral administration of Caltrate D (1.5 g calcium carbonate + 125 IU vitamin D3)
one tablet per day for 12 weeks.In addition to the control treatment
the patients in the observation group were treated with thunder-fire moxibustion at Mingmen (GV 4)
Yaoyangguan (GV 3)
bilateral Ganshu (BL 18)
Shenshu (BL 23)
and Dachangshu (BL 25)
30 min per acupoint
once every other day
three times a week
for 12 weeks.Balance function indexes (95% confidence ellipse area of the center of pressure [COP]
total displacement
average speed)
lumbar pain visual analogue scale (VAS)
serum muscle metabolism factors (myostatin [MSTN]
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α [PGC-1α]) and bone metabolism factors (aminoterminal propeptide typeⅠ procollagen [PINP]
C-terminal telopeptide of typeⅠcollagen [CTX-Ⅰ]) were compared before and after treatment in both groups.
Results
2
Compared before treatment
the 95% confidence ellipse area of COP
total displacement
and average speed in the observation group were decreased after treatment (
P
<
0.01)
and the above indexes in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (
P
<
0.05).Compared before treatment
the VAS scores in both groups were decreased after treatment (
P
<
0.01)
the score in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (
P
<
0.01).Compared before treatment
the serum levels of MSTN
PINP and CTX-Ⅰ in the observation group were reduced after treatment (
P
<
0.01)
while the serum level of PGC-1α was increased (
P
<
0.01).The control group showed a decrease in serum level of MSTN (
P
<
0.05).The observation group had lower serum levels of MSTN and PINP (
P
<
0.05) and higher serum level of PGC-1α (
P
<
0.01) compared to the control group.
Conclusion
2
The thunder-fire moxibustion can effectively relieve lumbar pain
improve balance function
and regulate musculoskeletal metabolism in female patients of POP with low muscle mass.
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