ArticleLasers in medical science2016
Laser acupuncture causes thermal changes in small intestine meridian pathway.
Article in Lasers in medical science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Difference in Heat Transport Characteristics of the Heart and Lung Meridians: a Comparative Study of COPD Patients and Healthy Subjects
A Study on the Heat Transport Characteristics of Meridian Phenomenon for the Heart and Lung Meridians Based on Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Global trends and performances of infrared imaging technology studies on acupuncture: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- Development status of novel spectral imaging techniques and application to traditional Chinese medicine.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2023Review
- Electroacupuncture stimulation improves cognitive ability and regulates metabolic disorders in Alzheimer's disease model mice: new insights from brown adipose tissue thermogenesis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- The Moxibustion-Induced Thermal Transport Effect Between the Heart and Lung Meridians With Infrared Thermography.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Difference in Moxibustion-Induced Microcirculatory Responses between the Heart and Lung Meridians Assessed by Laser Doppler Flowmetry.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Intrarater and Interrater Reliability of Infrared Image Analysis of Forearm Acupoints before and after Moxibustion.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- The effects of laser diode treatment on liver dysfunction ofJournal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2019Article
- Thermal Image-Based Temperament Classification by Genetic Algorithm and Adaboost Classifier.Journal of medical signals and sensorsArticle
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The acupuncture meridians represent the flow of corporal energy which contains the acupuncture points. Laser acupuncture is a form of acupuncture stimulation by the use of laser. Thermographic images represent the propagation of heat in micro-environmental systems. The objective of this study was to investigate the use of thermographic images to document the changes on the small intestine meridian (S.I.M.) when submitted to laser acupuncture. Another important issue regards to the analysis of the flow direction if it is upward when stimulated by acupuncture points. For the execution of this work, a laser acupuncture pen was used in points of the meridian in the S.I.M. Two healthy male volunteers were selected (18 and 60 years old, respectively), and doses of 576,92 J/cm
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