Topological Atlas and Repository for Acupoint research (TARA)

穴位研究拓扑图谱和存储库（TARA）

• 批准号: 10746640
• 负责人: RICHARD E HARRIS
• 金额: $ 119.72万
• 依托单位: SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-19 至 2028-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10746640
• 关键词: 3-Dimensional; Acupuncture Points; Acupuncture Therapy; Anatomy; Atlases; Biological; Body Surface; Cadaver; Caring; Clinical; Communication; Communities; Cryoultramicrotomy; Data; Data Collection; Data Set; Databases; East Asian; Ensure; Female; Foundations; Funding; Future; Human; International; Knowledge Management; Lead; Link; Location; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Maps; Medicine; Modernization; National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health; Needles; Nomenclature; Ontology; Organ; Peripheral; Persons; Physiological; Physiology; Publishing; Rattus; Research; Research Personnel; Resolution; Resources; Rodent; Scanning; Science; Societies; Source; Standardization; Switzerland; System; Technology; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Visualization software; Work; World Health Organization; chronic painful condition; clinical care; data access; evidence base; experience; human female; human model; interoperability; male; method development; novel; open-access repositories; outreach; repository; searchable database; theories; web portal

Acupuncture is a millennia-old therapy, which is increasingly being integrated in conventional care for the treatment of a range of conditions, particularly chronic pain disorders. A critical component of acupuncture therapy is the existence of specific locations across the body surface where inserting and manipulating a needle can engender salubrious, clinically beneficial effects. These locations are termed acupuncture points, or acupoints, and have been the source of much controversy for the acupuncture research field. Indeed, lack of clarity on the biological basis of acupoints has greatly hindered their more widespread integration into clinical care. Several decades ago, the World Health Organization sought to standardize body locations for 361 commonly acknowledged acupoints. However, bringing together traditional acupoint nomenclature with conventional understanding of anatomy/physiology is still a work in progress, and a comprehensive understanding of the anatomy and physiology of acupoints continues to elude researchers in this field. Hence, the creation and sustained curation of an open-access repository and database for acupoint research would create an important bridge between traditional theory and modern understanding of anatomy and physiology. We propose an open-access web-based portal and database incorporating 1) an acupoint ontology using both Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) and conventional biological nomenclature systems, 2) male and female standardized human and rat body atlases with 3D coordinate system, and 3) an easily searchable database, curated by an expert committee, that contains previously published physiological data associated with acupoint stimulation. Our platform, called the Topological Atlas and Repository for Acupoint research (TARA), forms an invaluable Research Resource Center for the acupuncture research and clinical community by strengthening the biological basis of acupoints, facilitating acupuncture integration into clinical care. Our platform will be highly consistent with NCCIH priorities and objectives to advance fundamental science and methods development, advance research on the whole person, integrate complementary and conventional care, and facilitate further creation of objective, evidence-based information supporting acupuncture.

针灸是一种有着数千年历史的疗法，它越来越多地融入到传统护理中 治疗一系列疾病，特别是慢性疼痛疾病。针灸的重要组成部分 疗法是在身体表面存在特定位置，在这些位置插入和操纵 针可以产生有益于临床的有益效果。这些位置被称为穴位，或 穴位，一直是针灸研究领域争议的根源。确实，缺乏 腧穴生物学基础的清晰性极大地阻碍了其更广泛地融入临床 关心。几十年前，世界卫生组织试图标准化身体位置 361 公认的腧穴。然而，将传统的穴位命名法与 对解剖学/生理学的传统理解仍然是一项正在进行的工作，并且全面的 该领域的研究人员仍然无法理解穴位的解剖学和生理学。因此， 创建并持续管理用于穴位研究的开放存取存储库和数据库将 在传统理论和现代解剖学和生理学理解之间架起了一座重要的桥梁。 我们提出了一个开放访问的基于网络的门户和数据库，其中包含 1）使用两者的穴位本体 传统东亚医学 (TEAM) 和传统生物命名系统，2) 男性和 具有 3D 坐标系的女性标准化人体和大鼠身体图谱，以及 3) 易于搜索的 由专家委员会管理的数据库，其中包含先前发布的相关生理数据 配合穴位刺激。我们的平台称为穴位研究拓扑图集和存储库 （TARA），为针灸研究和临床界建立了一个宝贵的研究资源中心 通过加强腧穴的生物学基础，促进针灸融入临床护理。我们的 平台将与 NCCIH 的优先事项和目标高度一致，以推进基础科学和 方法开发，推进全人研究，整合互补与常规 护理，并促进进一步创建客观的、基于证据的支持针灸的信息。