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Electroacupuncture Analgesia for Surgery in Cattle

The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 2004
To establish the proper analgesic method by electroacupuncture (EA) for bovine surgery, the analgesic effect of dorsal and lumbar acupoints, in addition to the combination with dorsal and lumbar acupoints, were investigated in the present study. Four Korean native cattle (two males and two females) and 24 Holstein-Friesian cattle (all females) were ...
Duck-Hwan, Kim, Sung-Hwan, Cho, Kun-Ho, Song, Sang-Eun, Lee, Seong-Ho, Lee, Geon-Oh, Kwon, In-Bong, Kim, Young-Chan, Kim, Jin-Haeng, Cho, Young-Yi, Kwon, Jae-Wung, Kim   +10 more
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Nocistatin potentiates electroacupuncture antinociceptive effects and reverses chronic tolerance to electroacupuncture in mice

Neuroscience Letters, 2003
Nocistatin (NST) and nociception/orphanin FQ (OFQ) are peptides derived from the same precursor that play opposing roles in pain modulation. OFQ antagonizes morphine analgesia and electroacupuncture (EA)-induced antinociceptive effect. The present study investigates whether NST potentiates EA-induced antinociceptive effect and reverses chronic ...
Cheng, Huang, Hua, Long, Yu-Shun, Shi, Ji-Sheng, Han, You, Wan   +4 more
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Investigating the Safety of Electroacupuncture with a Picoscope™

Acupuncture in Medicine, 2008
Our wish to know more about the paths taken by electrical currents in electroacupuncture (EA) with special reference to the heart, particularly in patients with an implanted pacemaker, prompted us to undertake this study. Using ourselves as subjects, we have developed a safe oscillographic method to detect, visualise and record the EA currents that ...
John W, Thompson, Mike, Cummings
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ELECTROACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF OBESITY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS

International Journal of Neuroscience, 2007
The aim was to study the effect of placebo EA, electroacupuncture (EA), and diet on obesity and accompanying psychological symptoms. One hundred and sixty-five volunteer women participated in the study. There were three groups: (i) Placebo EA, (ii) EA, and (iii) diet restriction group. EA was performed by using three ear and six body points.
Cabioglu M.T., Ergene N., Tan Ü.
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Effects of Electroacupuncture on Depression in a Rat Model

Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research: International Journal of Integrated Medicine, 2011
Objective. To investigate the antidepressant-like effect of electroacupuncture (EA) in a validated rat model. Methods. Wistar Kyoto rats, a valid animal model of depression, were randomly divided into two groups, EA (n=7) and placebo control (n=6).
Xu, S, Li, S, Shen, X, Meng, X, Lao, L
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Electroacupuncture Attenuates Inflammation in a Rat Model

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2005
Acupuncture has traditionally been used in China and is being increasingly applied in Western countries to treat a variety of conditions, including inflammatory disease. However, clinical trials investigating the effectiveness of the anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture have yielded inconsistent results, and the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture-
Wang, L, Zhang, RX, Lao, L, Wang, X, Fan, A, Berman, BM, Ren, K   +6 more
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Acupuncture and electroacupuncture for the treatment of RA

2002
Acupuncture has been used by rehabilitation specialists as an adjunct therapy for the symptomatic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine where thin needles are inserted in specific documented points believed to represent concentration of body energies.
L Casimiro, L Barnsley, L Brosseau, S Milne, VA Robinson, P Tugwell, G Wells   +6 more
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Electroacupuncture Roundtable Discussion

Medical Acupuncture, 2023
Richard C, Niemtzow, Richard F, Hobbs, Gerhard, Litscher, John, Hubacher, Jeremy V, Pulsifer, Steven, Rosenblatt   +5 more
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Report of Adverse Event with Electroacupuncture

Acupuncture in Medicine, 2011
Electroacupuncture (EA) is becoming more common as a treatment for chronic musculoskeletal pain. It can be associated with adverse events related to the small electric currents used, in addition to the adverse events related to needle penetration of tissues.
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Electroacupuncture for postoperative pain

Physiotherapy Practice, 1986
Thirty-four patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery were entered into a randomised, controlled trial of electroacupuncture of the ear to alleviate postoperative pain. Nineteen patients received electroacupuncture and papaveretum on demand and 15 patients received papaveretum only.
Jenny R Wigram, George T Lewith, David Machin, Jeremy J Church   +3 more
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