OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) therapy versus conventional treatment on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.METHODS:One hundred twenty outpatients with mild and mod...OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) therapy versus conventional treatment on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.METHODS:One hundred twenty outpatients with mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were randomly divided into a TCM group(TCMG)and a brace group(CG).TCMG patients underwent Daoyin,Tuina,and acupotomology therapies.CG patients were treated with a Milwaukee brace.Each patient's Cobb angle was measured after 12 and 24 months of treatment,and pulmonary function was determined after 12 months of treatment.Average electromyogram(AEMG) ratio of the surface electromyogram was measured after 6 and 12 months of treatment and followed-up after 18 and 24 months.RESULTS:The Cobb angle significantly decreased in both groups after 12 months of treatment compared with before treatment(P< 0.05).The percentages of original Cobb angle in TCMG and CG were51.4%and 47.8%(P > 0.05) after 12 months and62.5%and 34.7%(P < 0.05) after 24 months,respectively.Pulmonary function significantly improved after 12 months in TCMG(P < 0.05) but significantly decreased in CG(P < 0.05).The AEMG ratio was significantly lower(P < 0.01) and tended to remain at1 after stopping treatment in TCMG,but increased in CG(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:TCM combined therapy can prevent the progression of scoliosis.The AEMG ratio is a promising index that could replace radiography in the evaluation of treatment effect and progression in scoliosis.展开更多
The ideological and political theory course exam in new era is an important part of the ideological and political theory teaching and important means to improve the effectiveness of teaching. In this paper, the author...The ideological and political theory course exam in new era is an important part of the ideological and political theory teaching and important means to improve the effectiveness of teaching. In this paper, the author took a careful analysis of drawbacks and its causes of Universities traditional test, made a systematical summary of the combination of our school programs and 05 teaching practice of ideological and political theory course examinations of the Reform and effectiveness, and pointed out the problems of the Examination Reform and Development direction.展开更多
A traditional Chinese medicinal capsule capable of curing HIV/AIDS has been put under clinical test with the approval of the State Food and Drug Administration.
基金Supported by Outstanding Youth Fund of the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhejiang Province,China(No.2012ZQ011)
文摘OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of a combined Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) therapy versus conventional treatment on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.METHODS:One hundred twenty outpatients with mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were randomly divided into a TCM group(TCMG)and a brace group(CG).TCMG patients underwent Daoyin,Tuina,and acupotomology therapies.CG patients were treated with a Milwaukee brace.Each patient's Cobb angle was measured after 12 and 24 months of treatment,and pulmonary function was determined after 12 months of treatment.Average electromyogram(AEMG) ratio of the surface electromyogram was measured after 6 and 12 months of treatment and followed-up after 18 and 24 months.RESULTS:The Cobb angle significantly decreased in both groups after 12 months of treatment compared with before treatment(P< 0.05).The percentages of original Cobb angle in TCMG and CG were51.4%and 47.8%(P > 0.05) after 12 months and62.5%and 34.7%(P < 0.05) after 24 months,respectively.Pulmonary function significantly improved after 12 months in TCMG(P < 0.05) but significantly decreased in CG(P < 0.05).The AEMG ratio was significantly lower(P < 0.01) and tended to remain at1 after stopping treatment in TCMG,but increased in CG(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:TCM combined therapy can prevent the progression of scoliosis.The AEMG ratio is a promising index that could replace radiography in the evaluation of treatment effect and progression in scoliosis.
文摘The ideological and political theory course exam in new era is an important part of the ideological and political theory teaching and important means to improve the effectiveness of teaching. In this paper, the author took a careful analysis of drawbacks and its causes of Universities traditional test, made a systematical summary of the combination of our school programs and 05 teaching practice of ideological and political theory course examinations of the Reform and effectiveness, and pointed out the problems of the Examination Reform and Development direction.
文摘A traditional Chinese medicinal capsule capable of curing HIV/AIDS has been put under clinical test with the approval of the State Food and Drug Administration.
