许多临床资料表明按摩、针灸等中医治疗方法与运动系统有关

按摩疗法的手法之一——推荡法又名推动法适于治疗外伤肿痛等病。针刺治疗痛症过程中

运动患部或广泛的伸展运动可提高疗效针形电极插入肌肉时或在运动终板区微小的移动后

可见有关的电发放;实验研究证实针刺得气与肌电话活动有关;穴位里以肌梭感受器为主;中医认为穴位多在“分肉间”、“两筋间”。这些资料表明

推动法按摩(被动性运动)可治疗肿瘤;运动可提高针刺治疗癌症的疗效;而针刺本身Thc prescent experiments were performed on 50 healthy subjects(22 males

28 females

ranging in age from 20 to 57 years). The threshold of pain was measured on the back of the hand by spring painmeter. The subject exercised his ipsilateral wrist 2 to 4 times per second. The exercise resulted in definite inhibitory effects on the threshold of pain. The effect was sta- tistically significant(P<0.01). These results seem to indicate that moving thoracic limb can inhibit the sense of pain. The moving factor is a partial scientific foundation of the massage therapy and the acupuncture treatment for pain.