scholarly journals Prevention of propofol injection-related pain using pretreatment transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 1267-1276
Author(s):  
Luping HUANG ◽  
Yuanyuan PAN ◽  
Sijia CHEN ◽  
Minyuan ZHANG ◽  
Xiuxiu ZHUANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acupoint Stimulation

scholarly journals Therapeutic evaluation of acupoint stimulation with needle-scapelon on rat model of degenerative cervical intervertebral discs

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 677-684
Author(s):  
Qinran Sun ◽  
Fangming Liu ◽  
Min Gao ◽  
Wenqing Wu ◽  
Weiju Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rat Model ◽  
Intervertebral Discs ◽  
Therapeutic Evaluation ◽  
Acupoint Stimulation

scholarly journals Goal-Directed Acupuncture in Sports—Placebo or Doping?

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taras I. Usichenko ◽  
Vasyl Gizhko ◽  
Michael Wendt
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Training Effect ◽  
Competitive Sports ◽  
Physiological Effects ◽  
Neuromuscular Activity ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Acupoint Stimulation

The modern pentathlon (MP), sports discipline including fencing, swimming, steeplechase and a cross-country run, requires a rapid change of central nervous and peripheral neuromuscular activity from one sport to another in order to achieve the best possible results. We describe the case where a top MP athlete was supported by a program of acupoint stimulation, which was directed to relieve the symptoms, preventing him from effective performance. Although the fact of acupoint stimulation was associated with improvement of his results, other factors like training effect, placebo and nonspecific physiological effects and their mechanisms in sports are discussed in a literature review. The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine methods among the athletes raises the question of their potential misuse as a doping in competitive sports.

scholarly journals Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for postoperative cognitive dysfunction in geriatric patients with gastrointestinal tumor: a randomized controlled trial

Trials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijuan Xi ◽  
Fang Fang ◽  
Haijuan Yuan ◽  
Daorong Wang
Keyword(s):  
General Anesthesia ◽  
Cognitive Dysfunction ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction ◽  
Radical Resection ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tumors ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tumor ◽  
The Third ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Acupoint Stimulation

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the effect of perioperative transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) on postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in older patients who were diagnosed with gastrointestinal tumor and received radical resection of gastrointestinal tumors under general anesthesia. Methods A total of 68 patients who received radical resection of gastrointestinal tumors under general anesthesia were randomly divided into two groups. TEAS group patients received TEAS treatment. The treatment time was 30 min before the induction of anesthesia until the end of the surgery, 1 day before operation and from the first day to the third day after the operation. Except on the day of surgery, we treated the patients for 30 min once a day. In the sham TEAS group, the electronic stimulation was not applied and the treatment was the same as the TEAS group. The primary outcome was perioperative cognition evaluated by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and secondary outcomes were the perioperative level of interleukin-6 (IL-6), S100 calcium-binding protein β (S100β), and C-reactive protein (CRP). Results The postoperative score of MMSE, orientation, memory, and short-term recall in the sham TEAS group was significantly lower than the preoperative and TEAS group (P < 0.05). The incidence of POCD in the TEAS group (21.88%) was lower than those in the sham TEAS group (40.63%). S100β, IL-6, and CRP in the TEAS group were significantly lower than those in the sham TEAS group on the third day after the operation (P< 0.05). Postoperative S100β, IL-6, and CRP in two groups were significantly higher than those before operation except for S100β on the third day after the operation in the TEAS group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Perioperative TEAS treatment reduced the postoperative inflammatory response and increased the postoperative cognitive function score and decrease the incidence of POCD in geriatric patients with gastrointestinal tumor. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04606888. Registered on 27 October 2020. https://register.clinicaltrials.gov.

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