Ninety-four patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation were enrolled in this study. Of these, 48 were treated with Feng＇s Spinal Manipulation, hot fomentation, and bed rest （treatment group）. The remaining...Ninety-four patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation were enrolled in this study. Of these, 48 were treated with Feng＇s Spinal Manipulation, hot fomentation, and bed rest （treatment group）. The remaining 46 patients were treated with hot fomentation and bed rest only （control group）. After 3 weeks of treatment, clinical parameters including the angle of straight-leg raising, visual analogue scale pain score, and Japanese Orthopaedic Association score for low back pain were improved. The treatment group had significantly better improvement in scores than the control group. Magnetic resonance myelography three-dimensional reconstruction imaging of the vertebral canal demonstrated that filling of the compressed nerve root sleeve with cerebrospinal fluid increased significantly in the treatment group. The diameter of the nerve root sleeve was significantly larger in the treatment group than in the control group. However, the sagittal diameter index of the herniated nucleus pulposus and the angle between the nerve root sleeve and the thecal sac did not change significantly in either the treatment or control groups. The effectiveness of Feng＇s Spinal Manipulation for the treatment of symptoms associated with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation may be attributable to the relief of nerve root compression, without affecting the herniated nucleus pulposus or changing the morphology or position of the nerve root.展开更多
EXACTLY two weeks after Japan's official surrender at the end of World War II,in the summer of 1945,Japanesesoldiers on the island of Sumatra,Indonesia(then the Dutch East Indies),murdered my uncle Yu Dafu,a noted...EXACTLY two weeks after Japan's official surrender at the end of World War II,in the summer of 1945,Japanesesoldiers on the island of Sumatra,Indonesia(then the Dutch East Indies),murdered my uncle Yu Dafu,a noted writer during China's early New Cultural Movement(1915-23).The Japanese government has never apologized nor given any compensation for this debt of blood.It is only due to relentless inquiries by Yu Dafu's devoted Japanese readers and researchers that the atrocity was revealed.展开更多
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文摘Ninety-four patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation were enrolled in this study. Of these, 48 were treated with Feng＇s Spinal Manipulation, hot fomentation, and bed rest （treatment group）. The remaining 46 patients were treated with hot fomentation and bed rest only （control group）. After 3 weeks of treatment, clinical parameters including the angle of straight-leg raising, visual analogue scale pain score, and Japanese Orthopaedic Association score for low back pain were improved. The treatment group had significantly better improvement in scores than the control group. Magnetic resonance myelography three-dimensional reconstruction imaging of the vertebral canal demonstrated that filling of the compressed nerve root sleeve with cerebrospinal fluid increased significantly in the treatment group. The diameter of the nerve root sleeve was significantly larger in the treatment group than in the control group. However, the sagittal diameter index of the herniated nucleus pulposus and the angle between the nerve root sleeve and the thecal sac did not change significantly in either the treatment or control groups. The effectiveness of Feng＇s Spinal Manipulation for the treatment of symptoms associated with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation may be attributable to the relief of nerve root compression, without affecting the herniated nucleus pulposus or changing the morphology or position of the nerve root.
文摘EXACTLY two weeks after Japan's official surrender at the end of World War II,in the summer of 1945,Japanesesoldiers on the island of Sumatra,Indonesia(then the Dutch East Indies),murdered my uncle Yu Dafu,a noted writer during China's early New Cultural Movement(1915-23).The Japanese government has never apologized nor given any compensation for this debt of blood.It is only due to relentless inquiries by Yu Dafu's devoted Japanese readers and researchers that the atrocity was revealed.
