Study on the Effect of Electroacupuncture at Both Zusanli and at Both Yanglingquan Acupoints on Cardiovascular Activity

China Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Reaction of Blood Circulation; Reaction of Acupuncture; Reaction of Autonomic Nervous System

Treatments: Device: acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01665105

DMR101-IRB2-101

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this present study was to investigate the effect of electroacupuncture at both Zusanli and at both Yanglingquan acupoints on autonomic nerve modulating cardiovascular activity, and skin blood flow and skin temperature. The investigators use pulse rate variability to investigate autonomic nerve modulates cardiovascular function, and using distant skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings to investigate the relationship between the same names meridian of hand and foot.

Full description

A total of 24 adult healthy volunteer were studied, they received the three sessions of sham electroacupuncture, electroacupuncture at Zusanli and electroacupuncture at Yanglingquan, respectively. Each session was divided into three periods of before electroacupuncture, electroacupuncture, and post electroacupuncture. Each period was 20 min in duration. The ahead 15 min of the period was the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand; the final 5 min of the period was pulse rate variability recordings of left hand. The data was storage and analysis in a personal computer.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. healthy volunteers without without cardiac disease, taking medications, smoking
2. before experiment, abstaining from caffeine, alcohol for 8 hours.
3. age between 20-40.

Exclusion criteria

1. volunteers with cardiac disease, taking medications, smoking
2. age greater than 40 or less than 20.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 3 patient groups

Zusanli Group

Experimental group

Description:

electroacupuncture at both Zusanli on the leg, and record simultaneously the pulse rate variability as well as take the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand.

Treatment:

Device: acupuncture

Yanlingquan Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

electroacupuncture at both Yanglingquan on the leg, and record simultaneously the pulse rate variability as well as take the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand.

Treatment:

Device: acupuncture

Sham Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

acupuncture without electrical stimulation at non-acupoint on the leg, and record simultaneously pulse rate variability as well as take the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand.

Treatment:

Device: acupuncture