ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2013
Pilot study of acupuncture point laterality: evidence from heart rate variability.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Cardioprotective effect of transcutaneous electrical acupuncture point stimulation on perioperative elderly patients with coronary heart disease: a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Trial
- Exploring the Relationship between Blood Flux Signals and HRV following Different Thermal Stimulations using Complexity Analysis.Scientific reports · 2018Trial
- The Relationship Between Blood Perfusion in the Lower Extremities and Heart Rate Variability at Different Positions.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Multipoint transcutaneous electrical stimulation reduces median effective plasma concentration of propofol: A randomised clinical trial.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2020Article
- Research on the Characteristics of Infrared Radiation Spectra at Zigong Acupoint within Menstrual Cycle of Healthy Female.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019Article
- Response of Blood Perfusion at ST 36 Acupoint after Drinking Cold Glucose or Saline Injection.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Article
- Acupuncture Point Laterality: Investigation of Acute Effects of Quchi (LI11) in Patients with Hypertension Using Heart Rate Variability.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
- Bilateral hegu acupoints have the same effect on the heart rate variability of the healthy subjects.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
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Abstract
The specificity of acupuncture points (acupoints) is one of the key concepts in traditional acupuncture theory, but the question of whether there is adequate scientific evidence to prove or disprove specificity has been vigorously debated in recent years. Laterality, or the tendency for acupoints on the right or left side of the body to produce different physiological effects, is an important aspect of acupoint specificity. Data is particularly scarce regarding the laterality of the same channel, same-named acupoint located on opposite sides of the body. The aim of this study was to investigate whether Neiguan (PC6) has laterality. A total of eighteen healthy female volunteers were recruited for this study. Electrocardiograms were recorded and heart rate variability was analyzed before, during, and after PC6 was stimulated on either the left or the right side. The results show that during acupuncture, there were significant differences in the standard deviation of RR intervals (STDRR), root mean square of successive differences between RR intervals (RMSSD), and total power between the left PC6 stimulation group and the right PC6 stimulation group, which indicates that PC6 may have laterality.
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