ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2014
Acupuncture Point Laterality: Investigation of Acute Effects of Quchi (LI11) in Patients with Hypertension Using Heart Rate Variability.
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- Influence of Acupuncture on Autonomic Balance in Adult Tinnitus Patients: An Exploratory Study.Current medical science · 2019Trial
- Altered brain functional networks after Quchi (LI 11) acupuncture: An EEG analysis.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2023Article
- Acupuncture in Arterial Hypertension: Evaluation of its Efficacy with Both Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2022Article
- Orexin Receptor-1 in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Mediates the Antihypertensive Effects of Electroacupuncture.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- High-Tech Acupuncture for Prevention of Lifestyle Diseases-A Sino-Austrian Cooperation Research Protocol on Heart Rate Variability.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2018Article
- Yellow laser acupuncture - A new option for prevention and early intervention of lifestyle-related diseases: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial in volunteers.Laser therapy · 2015Article
- MicroRNA Profiling Response to Acupuncture Therapy in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Article
- Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network-Annual Report 2014.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 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
Hypertension is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease worldwide. Over 70% of the patients use antihypertensive drugs, so nonpharmacological treatments in addition to the medication are important. Our goal was to investigate acupuncture treatment on the Quchi acupoint using heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) and to find out whether there is a laterality in acute effects. Sixty hypertensive patients (36 female, 24 male; mean age ± SD 55.8 ± 9.7 years) were randomly assigned to two manual needle acupuncture groups (group A: left Quchi (LI11) acupoint, group B: right Quchi acupoint). There was a significant (P < 0.05) decrease in HR immediately after inserting and stimulating the needle at the left and the right Quchi acupuncture point. In contrast, total HRV increased immediately after inserting the needle, but this increase was significant only towards the end of the stimulation phase and after removing the needle. There were some differences between stimulation of the left and right Quchi acupoint, but they remained insignificant. This study provides evidence that there is a beneficial effect on heart rate variability in patients with hypertension and that there are some effects of laterality of the acupoint Quchi.
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