Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Effects of tender point acupuncture on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) – a pragmatic trial. | Chinese Medicine BioMed Central Research Effects of tender point acupuncture on delayed onset muscle soreness DOMS - a pragmatic trial Kazunori Itoh Hideki Ochi and Hiroshi Kitakoji Address Department of Clinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion Meiji University of Integrative Medicine Hiyoshi-cho Nantan Kyoto 629-0392 Japan Email Kazunori Itoh - k_itoh@ Hideki Ochi - h_ochi@ Hiroshi Kitakoji - h_kitakoji@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 25 November 2008 Received 6 July 2008 Accepted 25 November 2008 ChineseMedicine 2008 3 14 doi 1749-8546-3-14 This article is available from http content 3 1 14 2008 Itoh et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Acupuncture is used to reduce inflammation and decrease pain in delayed onset muscle soreness DOMS . This study investigates the efficacy of acupuncture on the symptoms of DOMS. Methods Thirty subjects were assigned randomly to there groups namely the control nontender point and tender point groups. Measurement of pain with full elbow flexion was used as indices of efficacy. Measurements were taken before and after exercise immediately after treatment and seven days after treatment. Results Significant differences in visual analog scores for pain were found between the control group and tender point group immediately after treatment and three days after exercise P Dunnetts multiple test . Conclusion The results show that tender point acupuncture relieves muscle pain of DOMS. Background Delayed onset muscle soreness DOMS is a common myogenic condition with main symptoms of pain tenderness and loss of
