ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
Effect of Acupuncture on Muscle Endurance in the Female Shoulder Joint: A Pilot Study.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Manual acupuncture for neuromusculoskeletal disorders: The selection of stimulation parameters and corresponding effects.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Effect of Acupuncture on Time-Dependent of Muscle Endurance in Female Elbow Joint: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Effect of Acupuncture on Timeliness of Male Shoulder Joint Endurance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Application of traditional Chinese therapy in sports medicine.Sports medicine and health science · 2021Review
- Thread-Embedding Acupuncture for the Treatment of Shoulder Instability: Protocol for a Randomized, Controlled, Patient-Assessor Blinded Pilot Study.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Effect of Acupuncture on the Timeliness of Explosive Forces Generated by the Male Shoulder Joint.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Effects of Acupuncture on Explosive Force Production by the Healthy Female Shoulder Joint.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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Abstract
Shoulder joint dysfunction is the leading cause of decreased athletic ability in athletes. Shoulder joint sports injuries affect the athletic performance of athletes. Improvements in the muscle endurance of the shoulder joint can reduce the incidence of shoulder joint dysfunction. Acupuncture has been an important part of Asian culture for a long time. In acupuncture, nerves are stimulated, inducing postactivation potentiation (PAP) in the body's motor units and enhancing muscle strength. In this research, 20 female participants with full flexion/extension and adduction/abduction ranges of motion in the shoulder joint during isokinetic exercises underwent stimulation of the following acupuncture points in the shoulder joint: Binao (LI14), Jianyu (LI15), Jianliao (SJ14), Naohui (SJ13), Yuzhong (KI26), Zhongfu (LU1), Yunmen (LU2), Xiabai (LU4), Chize (LU5), Tianfu (LU3), and Xiaoluo (SJ12). In the study, there were significant increases after acupuncture in the average maximum torque in flexion, extension, and adduction; the average work in flexion/extension and adduction/abduction; the average power in flexion/extension and adduction/abduction; the total work in flexion/extension and adduction/abduction; the total net sagittal-plane work (flexion + extension); and the total net frontal-plane work (adduction + abduction) (
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