超声辅助针刺治疗

Ultrasound for assisting acupuncture therapy

针刺治疗需引发足够体感刺激以达到治疗效果。治疗前如何明确针刺位置和深度、治疗后评价疗效及保障治疗安全性均为当前临床针刺治疗面临的主要问题,但缺乏标准化、客观及量化评估方法。超声辅助可于针刺前精准定位,在施针过程中可视化解剖结构及量化针刺深度。本文就超声辅助针刺治疗研究进展进行综述。

Acupuncture therapy needs to cause enough somatosensory stimulation to achieve therapeutic effect.How to identify the site and depth before acupuncture,assess therapeutic effect after acupuncture and ensure the safety of treatment are the points for clinical application of acupuncture therapy,but no standard objective and quantitative access has been achieved.Under assistance of ultrasound,precise positioning before acupuncture,visualization of anatomical structures and quantification of the depth during acupuncture became feasible.The research progresses of ultrasound for assisting acupuncture therapy were reviewed in this article.