A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief
Joint Authors
Tu, Ya
Han, Zhirong
Lu, Jun
Li, Luming
Niu, Chuansen
Hao, Hongwei
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-01-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Electroacupuncture stimulation (EAS) has been demonstrated effective for pain relief and treating other various diseases.
However, the conventional way of EAS, the bi-acupoint method, is not suitable for basis study of acupoint specificity.
Moreover, its operations are inconvenient and difficult to be persevered, especially for long-term, continuous and even imperative treatments.
These disadvantages motivate designs of new EAS methods.
We present a novel uni-acupoint electrical stimulation method, which is applied at a single acupoint and quite meets the needs of basis study and simpler clinical application.
Its pain relief effect has been evaluated by animal tests of Wistar rats.
During the experiments, rats were given 30 min 2/100 Hz uni- and bi-acupoint EAS and their nociceptive thresholds before and after EAS were attained by hot-plate test.
The analgesic effect was defined as the change of nociceptive threshold and used to evaluate the effectiveness of uni-acupoint EAS for pain relief.
The hot-plate test results indicated that analgesic effect of uni-acupoint group was significantly higher than that of the control group and there was no significant difference of analgesic effects between uni- and bi-acupoint EAS.
The results suggested that uni-acupoint method was an effective EAS method and had comparable pain relief effect with bi-acupoint method.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Niu, Chuansen& Hao, Hongwei& Lu, Jun& Li, Luming& Han, Zhirong& Tu, Ya. 2011. A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Niu, Chuansen…[et al.]. A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Niu, Chuansen& Hao, Hongwei& Lu, Jun& Li, Luming& Han, Zhirong& Tu, Ya. A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-6.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-454802