THERAPY DOSSIER · th-914b9b262336

Elongated-needle acupuncture therapy at BL54 and ST28

Procedure

Evidence & regulatory context

Mechanism: Not recorded
Target: Not recorded
Injury models: Spinal cord injury
Reported indication: Not recorded
First approval: Not recorded
Development stage: Not recorded
ChEMBL record: Not recorded
ChEMBL max phase: Not recorded
Synonyms: Not recorded
Note: Not recorded

Clinical trials 0

0 linked trials carry an injury-indication flag. These flags support record-level exploration and sit alongside the stringent aggregate counts described in Methods.

No linked human trial in this dataset.

Preclinical evidence 1

1 studies reported at therapy level; 1 evidence entries itemised.

PMID 27085942 ↗2016Reported benefit

The study of traditional Chinese medical elongated-needle therapy promoting neurological recovery mechanism after spinal cord injury in rats.

RatSpinal cord injuryContusionSprague-DawleyMaleAcupuncture at BL54 and ST28 pointsAfter injury

Model: Moderate spinal cord injury by the modified Allen's method

Elongated-needle therapy improved locomotor recovery and reduced inflammation and neuronal apoptosis after spinal cord injury, associated with increased p-Akt and p-ERK, reduced Bax and increased Bcl-2.

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