ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
A Review on the Mechanism of Tuina Promoting the Recovery of Peripheral Nerve Injury.
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- Effectiveness of non-pharmacological therapies in complementary and alternative medicine on improving fatigue levels, oxidative stress, inflammation, and endocrine levels in animal models of chronic fatigue-like conditions: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Acupuncture-Combined Tuina on Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Trial
- Tuina therapy plus resistance exercise vs. Tuina alone for mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Self-Administered Acupressure for Probable Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Tuina Analgesia Is Associated With the Modulation of the NCOA4-Mediated Ferroautophagy-Ferroptosis Pathway in SNL-Induced Neuropathic Pain Rats.Pain research & management · 2026Article
- Baduanjin exercise with or without traditional Chinese tuina therapy for nonspecific chronic neck pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Mechanosensitive Ion Channels and Neuroplasticity in Tuina Therapy: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.Neural plasticity · 2026Review
- Repetitive unidirectional spinal tactile stimulation engages microglial Bmal1 pathways to promote synaptic remodeling in the mPFC of adolescent VPA-exposed mice.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Article
- Tuina promotes nerve myelin regeneration in SNI rats through Piezo1/YAP/TAZ pathway.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Biological Nanotherapeutics Derived From Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Mechanisms and Translational Potential in Multisystem Therapies for Regeneration and Oncology.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025Review
- Tuina alleviates the muscle atrophy induced by sciatic nerve injury in rats through regulation of PI3K/Akt signaling.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus via the Regulation of Gut Microbiota: A Chinese Medicine Perspective.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Tuina alleviates neuropathic pain through regulate the activation of microglia and the secretion of inflammatory cytokine in spinal cord.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2024Article
- Tuina therapy promotes behavioral improvement and brain plasticity in rats with peripheral nerve injury and repair.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals brain remodeling after Tuina therapy in neuropathic pain model.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Article
- Neurodegenerative Diseases: Implications of Environmental and Climatic Influences on Neurotransmitters and Neuronal Hormones Activities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Exploring the mechanism of immediate analgesic effect of 1-time tuina intervention in minor chronic constriction injury rats using RNA-seq.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tuina, as one of the characteristic external therapies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), has been used to treat the disease caused by peripheral nerve injury (PNI) for thousands of years. An increasing number of clinical trials and animal experiments have demonstrated that tuina can improve the symptoms and promote the recovery of damaged nerves. This review focuses on the mechanistic studies of tuina in promoting the recovery of PNI, which might provide a neurobiological foundation for the effects of tuina. Although many mechanisms underlying the effects of tuina on nerve repair have been identified, there are still many unknown problems, such as the key substance or way for tuina to work, so further investigation is warranted.
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