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.

针灸是一种有上千年历史的疗法，越来越多地被纳入到传统的治疗中