Xinran Huang

May 21, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Jennifer Kawi |Chao Hsing Yeh |Lauren Grant |Xinran Huang

OBJECTIVES: Evaluate a digital health intervention using Auricular Point Acupressure (APA) for chronic musculoskeletal pain in terms of participant retention, adherence, acceptability, and satisfaction. Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a global concern and there are persistent challenges in pain management. Despite the value of digital health interventions, these interventions need to be fully evaluated for feasibility.

Apr 3, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Chao Hsing Yeh |Jennifer Kawi |Lauren Grant |Xinran Huang

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of an auricular point acupressure smartphone app (mAPA) to self-manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. METHODS: A prospective, longitudinal, randomized, controlled pilot trial was conducted using a three-group design (self-guided mAPA (RESULTS: After a 4-week APA intervention, participants in the in-person mAPA group had improved physical function of 32% immediately post-intervention and 29% at the 1M follow-up.

Feb 6, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Haoqiang Zhao |Qi Zeng |Ji Yang |Xinran Huang

Introduction 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroquinolines are key motifs in a variety of natural products, biologically active molecules and pharmacologically important compounds (Figure 1).1 Over the past few decades, extensive efforts have been devoted to developing methods for the construction of these valuable N-heterocycles.