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Wednesday 29 November 2017

Chinese medicine helps patients with muscular dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness. Chinese medicine including acupuncture, herbs and Tuina holds potential to help alleviate symptoms and enhance muscle function of patients with DMD. A team of researchers combined a number of alternative therapies along with drug therapy to create a treatment regimen for DMD patients. During the study, the combined treatments resulted in a significant improvement in physical function and reduced inflammation in the patients’ bodies.

DMD was initially described by French neurologist Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne in the 1860s. Research studies identified the chromosomal mutation responsible for DMD in 1986. This mutation leads to a lack of dystrophin protein in muscle cells thereby making them fragile. Onset is between ages 3 – 5 and boys are predominantly affected, and the carrier is the mother because the gene mutation is X-linked. 

The research team enrolled 60 paediatric DMD patients at the Neurology and Rehabilitation Department at Zhengzhou Children’s Hospital, in China for a two-year randomized controlled trial.Upon enrolment, patients were divided into combined treatment and drug-only groups. The combined treatment group received acupuncture, far infrared therapy, TCM tuina massage, herbal medicine, and drug therapy, while the drug-only group received drug therapy alone.

Following treatment, patients saw a total effective rate improvement of 20% in the combined treatment group, including reduced physical impairments and improvements in both walking and staircase climbing, compared to the drug-only group. Total effective improvement is calculated using full recovery, significant recovery, and effective as three parameters of improvement. The calculation led to a total effective rate improvement of 93.3% in the combined treatment group and 73.3% in the drug-only group.

In addition, the combined treatment group experienced significant improvements in enzymes and saw a reduction in serum inflammatory markers such as creatine phosphokinase (CPK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and aspartate transaminase (AST). Enhanced enzyme profiles were indicative of lower inflammation in the combined treatment group when compared to the drug-only group.

The study showed that the combination of multiple types of CM with conventional drug treatment significantly improved physical impairment and reduced in inflammatory related muscle enzyme secretions. The further study with large size samples is warranted.

Reference
Meng, QP (2015). The clinical effects of combining acupuncture and physical therapy with drugs in treating children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2015; 37(6): 446-448.      http://wprim.whocc.org.cn/local/detail.jsp?channelid=75002&searchword=WPRIMID%3D884699

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