Evaluate Laser Needle Effect on Blood Perfusion Signals of Contralateral Hegu Acupoint with Wavelet Analysis
Joint Authors
Zhang, Wei-Bo
Tian, Yuying
Jia, Shu-Yong
Litscher, Gerhard
Wang, Guang-Jun
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Our previous studies suggested that the MBF in contralateral Hegu acupoint (IL4) increased after ipsilateral Hegu acupoint was stimulated with manual acupuncture.
In this study, twenty-eight (28) healthy volunteers were recruited and were randomly divided into Hegu acupoint stimulation group and Non-Hegu stimulation group.
All subjects received the same model stimulation of the laser needle for 30 min in right Hegu acupoint and Non-Hegu acupoint, respectively.
MBF of left LI4 was measured by the laser Doppler perfusion imaging system.
The original data dealt with morlet wavelet analysis and the average amplitude and power spectral density of different frequency intervals was acquired.
The results indicated that right Hegu stimulation with the laser needle might result in the increase of left Hegu acupoint MBF.
40 min later after ceased stimulation, the MBF is still increasing significantly, whereas the MBF has no significantly change in Non-Hegu stimulation group.
The wavelet analysis result suggested that compared to Non-Hegu stimulation, stimulated to right Hegu acupoint might result in the increase of average amplitude in frequency intervals of 0.0095–0.02 Hz, 0.02–0.06 Hz, and 0.06–0.15 Hz, which might be influenced by the endothelial, neurogenic, and the intrinsic myogenic activity of the vessel wall, respectively.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Guang-Jun& Tian, Yuying& Jia, Shu-Yong& Litscher, Gerhard& Zhang, Wei-Bo. 2012. Evaluate Laser Needle Effect on Blood Perfusion Signals of Contralateral Hegu Acupoint with Wavelet Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1027961
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Guang-Jun…[et al.]. Evaluate Laser Needle Effect on Blood Perfusion Signals of Contralateral Hegu Acupoint with Wavelet Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1027961
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Guang-Jun& Tian, Yuying& Jia, Shu-Yong& Litscher, Gerhard& Zhang, Wei-Bo. Evaluate Laser Needle Effect on Blood Perfusion Signals of Contralateral Hegu Acupoint with Wavelet Analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1027961
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1027961