文档介绍：Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (2015) 114, 899e900
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Acu-TENS might alleviate the dysfunction
following spinal cord injury
Mei Li a,b, Jing Zhang a,b, Feng Zhang a,b,*
a Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang
050051, People’s Republic of China
b Hebei Provincial Orthopedic Biomechanics Key Laboratory, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical
University, Shijiazhuang 050051, People’s Republic of China
Received 22 August 2013; received in revised form 13 January 2014; accepted 19 January 2014
Spinal cord injury (SCI) influences approximately 1000 in- spinal cord. Electroacupuncture can alleviate mechanical
dividuals per million in the general population, and almost allodynia of the neuropathic rats, possibly via decreasing
12,000 new cases of SCI occur every year in the United States, neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression of the spinal
which is a heavy social and economic burden for the society The neuroprotective effect of acupuncture may be
and involved families. A series of therapies exist for func- partially