A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief
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...
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doaj-68481c077cb849b293b1a0cb3bce92d62020-11-24T21:03:05ZengHindawi LimitedEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine1741-427X1741-42882011-01-01201110.1093/ecam/nep104209879A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain ReliefChuansen Niu0Hongwei Hao1Jun Lu2Luming Li3Zhirong Han4Ya Tu5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Man-Machine and Environmental Engineering, School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, ChinaSchool of Acupuncture, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Man-Machine and Environmental Engineering, School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, ChinaSchool of Acupuncture, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Acupuncture, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, ChinaElectroacupuncture 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nep104 |
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A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief |
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A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief |
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A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief |
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A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief |
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A Novel Uni-Acupoint Electroacupuncture Stimulation Method for Pain Relief |
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novel uni-acupoint electroacupuncture stimulation method for pain relief |
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
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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. |
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