Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (26): 4237-4242.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2769

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The rules of acupoint selection in the treatment of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury with acupuncture and moxibustion: based on data mining technology

Liu Huimin1, Leng Jun2, Guo Wen1, Fang Xiaolei1, Zhang Chen1, Wei Fangyue1   

  1. 1School of Rehabilitation, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China; 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250001, Shandong Province, China

  • Received:2019-12-18 Revised:2019-12-24 Accepted:2020-02-19 Online:2020-09-18 Published:2020-09-03
  • Contact: Leng Jun, Associate chief physician, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250001, Shandong Province, China
  • About author:Liu Huimin, Master candidate, School of Rehabilitation, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, Shandong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    Shandong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Development Plan Projects, No. 2017-104 and 2019-0247 

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Increasing studies have shown that acupuncture has a significant effect on the treatment of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury, but there is no uniform acupuncture prescription standard for the treatment of this disease.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the rules of selecting acupoints in the treatment of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury with acupuncture and moxibustion.

METHODS: Clinical literatures related to acupuncture treatment of neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury were retrieved in China Knowledge Network, WanFang Data, VIP database and China Biology Medicine disc from 1989 to January 2020. Then, we established a database to perform descriptive analysis, relevance principle analysis and cluster analysis of the collected acupuncture prescriptions.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 93 articles were included. Data collection and analysis showed that the acupoints and meridians with the highest frequency of neurogenic bladder after acupuncture treatment of spinal cord injury were Zhongji (CV3) (with the frequency of 55) and Bladder Meridian of Foot Taiyang (with the frequency of 161). Relevance principle analysis showed that combination of acupoints with strongest support is Guanyuan (CV4) and Zhongji (CV3). Cluster analysis of acupoints with the frequency ≥ 10 showed that acupoints could be divided into two categories. All these findings indicate that when acupuncture and moxibustion is used to treat neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury, most of the acupoints along the meridians and local acupoints are selected. The results of relevance principle analysis and cluster analysis obtained from data mining can be used to select acupoints, match acupoints and reuse specific acupoints to improve the therapeutic efficacy.

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