Napadow Vitaly, Ahn Andrew, Longhurst John, Lao Lixing, Stener-Victorin Elisabet, Harris Richard, Langevin Helene M
Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charleston, MA 02129, USA.
J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Sep;14(7):861-9. doi: 10.1089/acm.2008.SAR-3.
On November 8-9, 2007, the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) hosted an international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the landmark NIH [National Institutes of Health] Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture. More than 300 acupuncture researchers, practitioners, students, funding agency personnel, and health policy analysts from 20 countries attended the SAR meeting held at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. This paper summarizes important invited lectures in the area of basic and translational acupuncture research. Specific areas include the scientific assessment of acupuncture points and meridians, the neural mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation by acupuncture, mechanisms for electroacupuncture applied to persistent inflammation and pain, basic and translational research on acupuncture in gynecologic applications, the application of functional neuroimaging to acupuncture research with specific application to carpal-tunnel syndrome and fibromyalgia, and the association of the connective tissue system to acupuncture research. In summary, mechanistic models for acupuncture effects that have been investigated experimentally have focused on the effects of acupuncture needle stimulation on the nervous system, muscles, and connective tissue. These mechanistic models are not mutually exclusive. Iterative testing, expanding, and perhaps merging of such models will potentially lead to an incremental understanding of the effects of manual and electrical stimulation of acupuncture needles that is solidly rooted in physiology.
2007年11月8日至9日，针灸研究学会（SAR）主办了一次国际会议，以纪念具有里程碑意义的美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）针灸共识发展会议十周年。来自20个国家的300多名针灸研究人员、从业者、学生、资助机构人员和卫生政策分析师参加了在马里兰州巴尔的摩市马里兰大学医学院举行的SAR会议。本文总结了基础和转化针灸研究领域的重要特邀讲座。具体领域包括穴位和经络的科学评估、针灸对心血管调节的神经机制、电针治疗持续性炎症和疼痛的机制、针灸在妇科应用中的基础和转化研究、功能神经成像在针灸研究中的应用（特别是针对腕管综合征和纤维肌痛）以及结缔组织系统与针灸研究的关联。总之，通过实验研究的针灸效应机制模型主要集中在针刺刺激对神经系统、肌肉和结缔组织的影响。这些机制模型并非相互排斥。对这些模型进行反复测试、扩展甚至合并，可能会逐步加深我们对基于生理学的手动和电针刺激效应的理解。
