Differential cerebral response to somatosensory stimulation of an acupuncture point versus two non-acupuncture points measured with EEG and fMRI [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015 Acupuncture can be regarded as a complex somatosensory stimulation. Here, we evaluate whether the point locations chosen for a somatosensory stimulation with acupuncture needles differently change the brain activity in healthy volunteers.
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Diversity of Acupuncture Point Selections According to the Acupuncture Styles and Their Relations to Theoretical Elements in Traditional Asian Medicine: A Data-Mining-Based Literature Study. [PDF]
J Clin Med, 2021 Acupuncture point (AP) selections can vary depending on clinicians’ acupuncture style, and therefore, acupuncture style is an important factor in determining the efficacy of acupuncture treatment.
Jang DY +7 more
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Relation extraction using large language models: a case study on acupuncture point locations. [PDF]
J Am Med Inform AssocOBJECTIVE In acupuncture therapy, the accurate location of acupoints is essential for its effectiveness. The advanced language understanding capabilities of large language models (LLMs) like Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs) and Llama present a ...
Li Y +8 more
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Commonality and Specificity of Acupuncture Point Selections. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2020 Objective Because individual acupoints have a wide variety of indications, it is difficult to accurately identify the associations between acupoints and specific diseases.
Lee YS +6 more
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Biopotential changes of acupuncture points by acupuncture stimulation
Integrative Medicine Research, 2022 Background: The energy flow at acupuncture point is important for understanding the mechanism of acupuncture treatment. However, there are few studies on energy at acupuncture point, and related studies have limitation in explaining the energy flow in ...
Seong Jin Cho +6 more
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Innovations in Acupuncture and Medicine, 2022 Exercise therapy is the first choice non-pharmacotherapeutic approach for musculoskeletal pain; however, it often interferes with the implementation and continuation of exercise due to fear-avoidance behaviors. Trigger point acupuncture (TrPAcp) has been
Yoichi Minakawa +5 more
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Therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture point stimulation for stomach cancer pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Front NeurolPurpose In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has received widespread attention in the field of cancer pain treatment. This meta-analysis is the first to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture point stimulation in the treatment of ...
Zhou X +9 more
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Point specificity in acupuncture [PDF]
Chinese Medicine, 2012 The existence of point specificity in acupuncture is controversial, because many acupuncture studies using this principle to select control points have found that sham acupoints have similar effects to those of verum acupoints.
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Acupuncture Point "Hegu" (LI4) Is Close to the Vascular Branch from the Superficial Branch of the Radial Nerve. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019 The acupuncture point “Hegu” (LI4) has been used for treating peripheral circulatory failure, which is located in the area covered by the superficial branch of the radial nerve (SBRN). SBRN has branches reaching arteries, so-called vascular branches (VBs)
Umemoto K +8 more
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The effectiveness of acupuncture point stimulation for the prevention of postoperative sore throat: A meta-analysis. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore), 2022 Jau PY, Chang SC.
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