Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 ouch. So what is the needle knife Tx? And what is " laozhen " ? And btw, what does it mean? I find " luozhen " . But what does that mean? The alleged " crick in the neck " doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries. ann This is why we need injections in our scope of practice [Evaluation on clinical therapeutic effect of needle-knife therapy on cervical spondylosis] Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2006 May;26(5):316-8. OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of needle-knife therapy and acupuncture on cervical spondylosis. METHODS: Multi-central clinical randomized controlled trial was adopted. The patients were divided into a needle-knife treatment group treated with needle-knife therapy at the upper and lower interspinal ligaments of the affected vertebral body and bilateral posterior joint capsules; and the acupuncture control group were treated with acupuncture at Laozhen, Ashi points and cervical Jiaji points, etc. The short-term and the long-term therapeutic effects were observed at the end of the therapeutic course and 6 months after the end of the therapeutic course. RESULTS: The short-term therapeutic effect and the long-term therapeutic effect were 91.3% and 94.7% in the needle-knife treatment group and 59.4% and 56.6% in the acupuncture control group, respectively, with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The needle-knife treatment in the therapeutic effect on cervicl spondylosis is superior to acupuncture treatment. Oakland, CA 94609 . ---------- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/361 - Release 6/11/06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I think it's a mistranscription for the extra point luozhen. Luo zhen means " fall from pillow " indicating a pain in the neck acquired by sleeping poorly, though I guess it is more broadly interpreted as general neck pain. Those old box pillows, while surprisingly comfortable, do offer the opportunity to actually fall off of them if you're are restless sleeper. Par - snakeoil.works Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:53 AM Laozhen? ouch. So what is the needle knife Tx? And what is " laozhen " ? And btw, what does it mean? I find " luozhen " . But what does that mean? The alleged " crick in the neck " doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries. ann This is why we need injections in our scope of practice [Evaluation on clinical therapeutic effect of needle-knife therapy on cervical spondylosis] Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2006 May;26(5):316-8. OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of needle-knife therapy and acupuncture on cervical spondylosis. METHODS: Multi-central clinical randomized controlled trial was adopted. The patients were divided into a needle-knife treatment group treated with needle-knife therapy at the upper and lower interspinal ligaments of the affected vertebral body and bilateral posterior joint capsules; and the acupuncture control group were treated with acupuncture at Laozhen, Ashi points and cervical Jiaji points, etc. The short-term and the long-term therapeutic effects were observed at the end of the therapeutic course and 6 months after the end of the therapeutic course. RESULTS: The short-term therapeutic effect and the long-term therapeutic effect were 91.3% and 94.7% in the needle-knife treatment group and 59.4% and 56.6% in the acupuncture control group, respectively, with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The needle-knife treatment in the therapeutic effect on cervicl spondylosis is superior to acupuncture treatment. Oakland, CA 94609 . ------------------------- ---------- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/361 - Release 6/11/06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Wow, thanks, Par, When I was looking up the characters I got 'fall' and 'pillow', which seemed odd and certainly did not directly match the 'crick in neck' that in texts is given as the translation. So the figurative fall from pillow now makes sense, considering those old fashioned pillows. Would an ordinary Chinese understand this metaphor? Just curious. ann I think it's a mistranscription for the extra point luozhen. Luo zhen means " fall from pillow " indicating a pain in the neck acquired by sleeping poorly, though I guess it is more broadly interpreted as general neck pain. Those old box pillows, while surprisingly comfortable, do offer the opportunity to actually fall off of them if you're are restless sleeper. Par - snakeoil.works Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:53 AM Laozhen? ouch. So what is the needle knife Tx? And what is " laozhen " ? And btw, what does it mean? I find " luozhen " . But what does that mean? The alleged " crick in the neck " doesn't appear in any of my dictionaries. ann This is why we need injections in our scope of practice [Evaluation on clinical therapeutic effect of needle-knife therapy on cervical spondylosis] Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2006 May;26(5):316-8. OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of needle-knife therapy and acupuncture on cervical spondylosis. METHODS: Multi-central clinical randomized controlled trial was adopted. The patients were divided into a needle-knife treatment group treated with needle-knife therapy at the upper and lower interspinal ligaments of the affected vertebral body and bilateral posterior joint capsules; and the acupuncture control group were treated with acupuncture at Laozhen, Ashi points and cervical Jiaji points, etc. The short-term and the long-term therapeutic effects were observed at the end of the therapeutic course and 6 months after the end of the therapeutic course. RESULTS: The short-term therapeutic effect and the long-term therapeutic effect were 91.3% and 94.7% in the needle-knife treatment group and 59.4% and 56.6% in the acupuncture control group, respectively, with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: The needle-knife treatment in the therapeutic effect on cervcl spondylosis is superior to acupuncture treatment. Oakland, CA 94609 ---------- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/362 - Release 6/12/06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 I remember the term luo zhen being used as the equivalent for torticollis or wry neck. Lea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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