Tan Huijuan, Tumilty Steve, Chapple Cathy, Liu Lizhou, McDonough Suzanne, Yin Haiyan, Yu Shuguang, Baxter G David
Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Centre for Health and Rehabilitation Technologies, Institute of Nursing & Health Research, School of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Belfast, UK.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2019 Aug 14;2019:6064358. doi: 10.1155/2019/6064358. eCollection 2019.
As part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupoints are considered a dynamic functional area, which can reflect the internal condition of the body. When the body is suffering from disease or injury, corresponding acupoints are believed to be activated and manifest in several sensitized forms, including expansion of the receptive field, pain sensitization, and heat sensitization. Such phenomena are believed to gradually disappear concomitantly with recovery from the disease. Acupoint states are therefore changeable according to health status, a phenomenon known as acupoint sensitization. This review aims to provide an overview of acupoint sensitization based on existing research results and determine priorities for future research. Systematic literature retrieval was conducted in Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and AMED from inception to 18 July 2018. Current evidence from research findings to date indicate that acupoint sensitization is based on neurogenic inflammation and that stimulation of sensitized acupoints presents a potential trend of generating a better clinical effect when compared with stimulation of unsensitized points.
作为中医的一部分，穴位被认为是一个动态的功能区域，能够反映身体的内部状况。当身体患有疾病或受到损伤时，相应的穴位被认为会被激活，并以几种敏感化形式表现出来，包括感受野扩大、疼痛敏感化和热敏感化。人们认为，随着疾病的康复，这些现象会逐渐消失。因此，穴位状态会根据健康状况而变化，这种现象被称为穴位敏化。本综述旨在基于现有研究结果对穴位敏化进行概述，并确定未来研究的重点。从创刊至2018年7月18日，在Medline、Embase、Cochrane图书馆、CINAHL和AMED中进行了系统的文献检索。迄今为止的研究结果表明，穴位敏化基于神经源性炎症，与未敏化穴位的刺激相比，刺激敏化穴位呈现出产生更好临床效果的潜在趋势。
