ZHONGHUA YANGSHENG BAOJIAN ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (24): 85-87.

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Research Progress on the Clinical and Mechanistic Aspects of Massage Therapy in the Treatment of Piriformis Syndrome

YANG Zong-hao, CUI Yi-dan, YAN Wen-jian, ZHANG Xin*   

  1. The College of Acupuncture and Tuina of Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun Jilin 130117, China
  • Online:2024-12-16 Published:2024-12-13

Abstract: Piriformis syndrome(PMS) is a common and frequent clinical disease, and massage therapy has good clinical efficacy and promotion advantages. This paper excavates and summarizes the literature on the common techniques, treatment sites, observation indexes and mechanisms of massage therapy in the treatment of piriformis syndrome in recent years, summarizes the problems and deficiencies in related research, and puts forward the future research focus and development direction of massage therapy in the treatment of piriformis syndrome.

Key words: massage, piriformis syndrome, clinical research, mechanistic studies, progress

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