中医理念治疗青少年特发性脊柱侧凸的研究进展

Research progress in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine concepts

青少年特发性脊柱侧凸(AIS)是一种骨骼发育问题,它不仅影响青少年的体态,严重者还可能导致心肺功能受损。中医对AIS有着独特的见解和丰富的治疗经验,文章的目的是介绍中医对AIS的认识,综述近几年中医治疗AIS的方法及研究进展,以提高医患双方对中医在AIS患者治疗中独特作用的认识,为今后推广AIS中医或中西医疗法提供思路。

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis(AIS)is a bone development problem that can not only affect a teenager’s posture,but in severe cases can lead to impaired heart and lung function.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has unique insights and rich treatment experience on AIS.The purpose of this paper is to introduce the understanding of TCM on AIS and review the methods and research progress of TCM in the treatment of AIS patients in recent years,so as to improve the understanding of the unique role of TCM in the treatment of AIS patients and provide ideas for the promotion of TCM or traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapy in the future.