Successful Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea by Collateral Meridian Acupressure Therapy

Lin, Jui-An; Wong, Chih Shung; Lee, Meei Shyuan; Ko, Shan Chi; Chan, Shun Ming; Chen, Judy Ju Yi; Chen, Ta-Liang

doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.11.003

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“…[10] Many published CMT clinical reports have described the application of acupressure to treat various types of acute and chronic pains, such as dysmenorrhea and complex regional pain syndrome. [16,17] However, to the best of our knowledge, only 1 previous study has described the application of EES for CMT, which focused on the effectiveness of EES in improving knee osteoarthritis pain and knee function. [18] In our study, we demonstrated that by applying the technique with EES, CMT was more effective than LTARM for reducing shoulder pain of chronic myofascial origin.…”

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Comparing complementary alternative treatment for chronic shoulder pain of myofascial origin

Pan

Hsu²,

Wong

et al. 2016

Medicine

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The aim of this study was to compare the short-term outcomes between 2 different treatments for unilateral chronic shoulder pain of myofascial origin, that is, local tender area related meridians (LTARMs) treatment and collateral meridian therapy (CMT), which were performed 6 times over a period of 4 weeks.Seventy patients with unilateral shoulder pain of chronic myofascial origin were enrolled. The patients were randomly assigned to 2 different treatment groups: 1 group received CMT (n = 35) and the other received LTARM (n = 35). Before and after the 2 treatment processes, all patients rated their overall pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (VAS) and a validated 13-question shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) questionnaire was used to measure shoulder pain and functional impairment after therapy for 4 weeks.After CMT, the pain intensity was reduced after CMT. VAS score is reduced from 5.90 ± 2.07 (a mean of 5.90 and standard deviation of 2.07) to 3.39 ± 1.2. This was verified by the SPADI pain subscale scores (from 0.58 ± 0.193 to 0.33 ± 0.14). The pain-relief effect of CMT was significantly better than that of LTARM (VAS score from 5.78 ± 1.64 to 4.58 ± 1.40; P < 0.005; SPADI pain subscale score from 0.58 ± 0.16 to 0.45 ± 0.14, P < 0.001). In addition, the VAS scores of patients changed considerably in the CMT group after 4 weeks of treatment, where 63% of patients felt no or mild pain, whereas the VAS scores for moderate pain were even higher in the LTARM group in 75% of patients (P < 0.001). Moreover, the SPADI disability subscale scores improved significantly in the CMT group because of their greater mobility associated with shoulder impairment (disability score: from 0.58 ± 0.20 to 0.35 ± 0.14) than those in the LTARM group (disability score: from 0.55 ± 0.17 to 0.44 ± 0.14, P < 0.001).CMT may be more effective in reducing chronic shoulder pain of myofascial origin than the LTARM treatment, where treatment with the former resulted in better functional recovery after 4 weeks than the latter.

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Comparing complementary alternative treatment for chronic shoulder pain of myofascial origin

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Hsu²,

Wong

et al. 2016

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“…Moreover, CMT is also observed effectively on local musculoskeletal pain that resulted from such injuries as sprains or strains and demonstrated positive effect on shoulder pain relief after laparcoscopic surgery (Yeh et al, 2008). CMT is also an effect technique to reduce painful dysmenorrhea (Lin et al, 2010). Moreover, CMT is also highly effective in the treatment of post-neuraxial block backache in patients who were failed to treated by the conventional treatment (Yeh et al, 2009).…”

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“…Based on our literature review, patients with LBP received at lease short-term pain relief after TCA treatment; the CMT also provides significant pain relief via different approach with a standardized formulated protocol. Table 3 shows as summary of published CMT clinical reports for different types of pain (Wong et al, 2006;Hoka, 2008;Yeh et al, 2008;, Lin et al, 2010. Furthermore to date, no clinical reports described the use of TCA to treat complex regional pain syndrome which patients may not tolerate the direct stimulation/acupuncture to the painful area.…”

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Overview of Collateral Meridian Therapy in Pain Management: A Modified Formulated Chinese Acupuncture

Wong¹,

Yeh²,

Ko³

2012

Pain Management - Current Issues and Opinions

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“…Lin et al 18 Case report. 1 woman Describes the observation of painful dysmenorrhea and its associated symptoms relief in a PD patient after treatment with CMAT.…”

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Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review

Gerzson¹,

Padilha

Braz

et al. 2014

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Dysmenorrhea is a word derived from the Greek language and means difficult menstrual cycle. It may be classified as primary, leading to poorer quality of life indices of several women. This study aimed at investigating, by means of literature review, the efficacy and accuracy of existing therapies for primary dysmenorrhea, specifically in Physiotherapy. CONTENTS: Narrative literature review by querying electronic databases Medline, Scielo, Lilacs, Cochrane library, PEDro and Pubmed), where articles were selected and analyzed from August 2013 to February 2014. For data collection, materials from 2005 to current literature were included using the following keywords: "dysmenorrhea", "physiotherapy" and their Portuguese equivalent "dismenorreia" and "fisioterapia", combining them with the operators AND and OR. CONCLUSION: Studies were found describing the use of thermotherapy, cryotherapy, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation and connective tissue massage, Pilates and acupuncture with improvement of such women's symptoms. However, it is clear the need for studies regarding physiotherapeutic maneuvers with further methodological rigor. Keywords: Dysmenorrhea, Physiotherapy, Woman's health. RESUMO JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS:

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Successful Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea by Collateral Meridian Acupressure Therapy

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Comparing complementary alternative treatment for chronic shoulder pain of myofascial origin

Comparing complementary alternative treatment for chronic shoulder pain of myofascial origin

Overview of Collateral Meridian Therapy in Pain Management: A Modified Formulated Chinese Acupuncture

Physiotherapy in primary dysmenorrhea: literature review

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