Coarse needle surface potentiates analgesic effect elicited by acupuncture with twirling manipulation in rats with nociceptive pain

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• 作者：Sunoh Kwon ; Yangseok Lee ; Hi-Joon Park…
• 关键词：Acupuncture ; Manipulation ; Needle surface roughness ; Connective tissue ; Analgesia
• 刊名：BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1397KB
• 刊物主题：Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Internal Medicine; Chiropractic Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-6882
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundBiomechanical phenomenon called “needle grasp” through the winding of connective tissue has been proposed as an action mechanism of acupuncture manipulation. The aim of the present study is to verify whether the needle grasp force affects the pain-relieving activity of acupuncture in the tail-flick latency (TFL) and the rat paw formalin tests.