Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (12): 1936-1942.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1131

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Research and advances of physical therapy based on biomechanics

Jiang Yong1, Zheng Yili2, Xu Shengjia3   

  1. 1Department of Physical Education, Jiangsu Police Institute, Nanjing 210031, Jiangsu Province, China; 2Department of Exercise and Heath, Nanjing Institute of Physical Education and Sports, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu Province, China; 3Research Center of Military Physical Training, the PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Online:2019-04-28 Published:2019-04-28
  • Contact: Xu Shengjia, Master, Assistant lecturer, Research Center of Military Physical Training, the PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Jiang Yong, Master, Lecturer, Department of Physical Education, Jiangsu Police Institute, Nanjing 210031, Jiangsu Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Effect of physical therapy can implicate its integral effect in modulating cellular behavior and subsequent tissue adaptation. The relationship between movement biomechanics, physical therapy, and subsequent cellular and tissue mechanoadaptation is not well established in the literature.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the mechanism of physical therapy: mechanical transduction from organ to cell and extracellular matrix formation and organ remodeling/construction.
METHODS: The relevant articles were searched in PubMed and MEDLINE database from 1994 to 2018. The keywords were “mechanobiology, mechanotherapy, mechanotransduction, mechanical stimuli, biomechanical, physical therapy, exercise therapy, manual therapy, rehabilitation, tissue engineering, tissue regeneration” in English.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Totally 142 articles were searched, and 57 eligible articles were enrolled after excluding the repetitive and irrelevant articles. (2) Mechanical stimuli can be controlled at physiological levels that encourage and stimulate constructive tissue adaptation and remodeling through physical therapy. (3) By directing loading regimens to specific sites, and having an understanding of the mechanotransduction and mechanobiological response, physical therapy can promote healing and rehabilitation. (4) Exercise therapies, manual mobilization and other physical stimulation modes (joint loading and dynamic hydraulic stimulation) used in physical therapy may be tailored to facilitate the recruitment, migration and targeted lineage commitment of stem cells, to expedite tissue regeneration, and optimal remodeling such that healed tissues meet or exceed their native mechanical strength.

Key words: Tissue Engineering, Physical Therapy, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation

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