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ArticleJournal of pain research2019

The low-frequency BOLD signal oscillation response in the insular associated to immediate analgesia of ankle acupuncture in patients with chronic low back pain.

Anfeng Xiang, Yang Yu, Xize Jia, Huibin Ma, Hui Liu, Yu Zhang, Jun Rong, Sheng Liu

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Anfeng XiangSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, lskingcn@hotmail.com.
Yang YuDepartment of Psychiatry, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China.
Xize JiaCenter for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Zhejiang, China.
Huibin MaSchool of Information and Electronics Technology, Jiamusi University, Heilongjiang, China.
Hui LiuSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, lskingcn@hotmail.com.
Yu ZhangSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, lskingcn@hotmail.com.
Jun RongDepartment of Sports Rehabilitation, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Zhejiang, China, 550825165@qq.com.
Sheng LiuSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China, lskingcn@hotmail.com.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNHangzhou Normal University · CNHangzhou Red Cross Hospital · CNJiamusi University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe present study evaluated the modulation effect of a painless acupuncture technique, ankle acupuncture (AA), on resting-state functional change in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). PATIENTS AND

methodsFourteen participants diagnosed with CLBP received AA and underwent one brain functional image scan after tactile stimulation and another one following the insertion of the needle. The needling sensations and clinical pain intensities were evaluated after the end of each functional image scan. The significance levels of Visual Analog Scales/Scores (VASs) before and after acupuncture were determined using paired

resultsA complete-case analysis was performed on 12 participants. Neither different needling sensations nor any local sensations during the two scans was found. The clinical findings indicated that the scores of VAS scores were significantly lower after AA intervention (

conclusionThe present study demonstrated the low-frequency BOLD signal oscillation response in the left insular in brain activity was associated with an immediate analgesia of AA in patients with CLBP, which provides new insights into intrinsic connections between low-frequency brain signals and analgesic effects of acupuncture.

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ankle acupuncturechronic paininsularlow-frequency fluctuation

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