ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015
Changes of locoregional skin temperature in neonates undergoing laser needle acupuncture at the acupuncture point large intestine 4.
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- Thermal imaging applications in neonatal care: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
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- Laser Acupuncture at Large Intestine 4 Compared with Oral Glucose Administration for Pain Prevention in Healthy Term Neonates Undergoing Routine Heel Lance: Study Protocol for an Observer-Blinded, Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Acupuncture in the neonatal intensive care unit-using ancient medicine to help today's babies: a review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2017Review
- Sino-Austrian High-Tech Acupuncture Network-Annual Report 2015.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Anti-inflammatory effect of laser acupuncture in ST36 (Zusanli) acupoint in mouse paw edema.Lasers in medical science · 2016Article
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Abstract
Laser acupuncture bears a potential risk for the skin surface, especially in neonates whose skin has histological and physiological peculiarities. We evaluated thermal changes of skin temperature in neonates during laser acupuncture by using a thermal camera (Flir i5, Flir Systems Inc., Portland, USA). Laserneedles (Laserneedle GmbH, Glienicke/Nordbahn, Germany) were fixed to the skin at Large Intestine 4 (LI 4, Hegu), bilaterally. Before application of laser acupuncture (685 nm, 15 mW, 500 μm), as well as after 1, 5, and 10 min, thermographic pictures of both hands were taken. The measuring was carried out on the 23rd day after birth (20 neonates, mean postmenstrual gestational age 38 + 2, mean weight 2604 g). Compared to the initial temperature of 34.2°C on the right hand, the skin temperature had increased to 35.3°C (P < 0.05) after 5 min and up to 36.1°C (P < 0.05) after 10 min of stimulation. Equally, on the left hand, an increase of the skin temperature from 34.5°C to 35.9°C (P < 0.05) and 35.9°C (P < 0.05) was measured. The highest measured skin temperature after 10 min of stimulation amounted to 38.7°C, without any clinically visible changes on the skin surface.
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