Acupuncture for whiplash-associated disorder following road traffic collision: a physiotherapy service evaluation [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) is a common musculoskeletal condition that frequently occurs following a road traffic collision. Physiotherapy is often prescribed to help with the symptoms and injuries.
Armstrong, Michael +4 more
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Animals, 2012 Veterinary acupuncture charts were developed based on the concept of transpositional points whereby human acupuncture maps were adapted to animal anatomy.
Lisa S. Lancaster, Robert M. Bowker
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Somatosensory Stimulation With XNKQ Acupuncture Modulates Functional Connectivity of Motor Areas
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 Xingnao Kaiqiao (XNKQ) acupuncture is an acupuncture technique used for stroke patients. In 24 healthy volunteers, we applied this complex acupuncture intervention, which consists of a manual needle-stimulation on five acupuncture points (DU26 ...
Till Nierhaus +11 more
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Nurse and Holistic Care, 2021 Background: Stroke is a disease caused by disruption of blood flow to areas of the brain that are blocked in the cerebral or cervical arteries which result in decreased or even loss of function controlled by brain tissue.
Dodik Hartono +6 more
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The similarities between the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies’ standards for auricular acupuncture points and the European System of Auriculotherapy Points according to Nogier and Bahr [PDF]
, 2016 IntroductionBasic and clinical research on auricular acupuncture points (AAPs) was performed in China, the United States, France and Germany. Clinical auricular acupuncture point (AAP) research was done in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, the UK ...
Wang, Lei +4 more
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Commonality and Specificity of Acupuncture Point Selections [PDF]
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2020 Objective. Because individual acupoints have a wide variety of indications, it is difficult to accurately identify the associations between acupoints and specific diseases. Thus, the present study aimed at revealing the commonality and specificity of acupoint selections using virtual medical diagnoses based on several cases. Methods.
Ye-Seul Lee +6 more
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Evaluation of the effects of acupuncture on P6 and anti-gagging acupoints on the gag reflex
Dental Hypotheses, 2015 Introduction: Hyperactive gag reflex can make dental treatment procedures intolerable for some patients; so, it is highly important for the dentist to control it. Acupuncture is a technique used to control this phenomenon.
Abbas Haghighat +4 more
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Acupuncture Analgesia in Total Thyroidectomy for Graves’ Disease: A Case Report
Journal of Acupuncture Research, 2023 This study included a 42-year-old female farmer with a 2-year history of Graves’ disease who visited the hospital for a total thyroidectomy for her grade III goiter based on World Health Organization classification. Besides Hegu (LI4) and Neiguan (PC6)
Dong Phuong Tran
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Effects of Trigger Point Acupuncture Treatment on Temporomandibular Disorders: A Preliminary Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
, 2012 We compared the effects of trigger point acupuncture with that of sham acupuncture treatments on pain and oral function in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs).
Asai, Sayo +4 more
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Acupuncture points are large fields: The fuzziness of acupuncture point localization by doctors in practice [PDF]
European Journal of Pain, 2012 AbstractBackgroundAcupuncture textbooks, schools, practitioners and clinical researchers designing randomized controlled trials on acupuncture all assume that acupuncture points are small and must be located precisely.MethodSeventy‐one medical doctors with ≥200 h acupuncture training and ≥2 years of clinical experience independently identified 23 ...
Heinz G. Endres +5 more
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