hopRSS

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Acupuncture Pain Relief scientific validation

Staff writer, the seventh. May 2010

Traditional Chinese medicine has been providing effective pain relief of mankind for thousands of years Now to strengthen scientific validity. pain this treatment is not received aid at the part-session in May of Anesthesia & pain, Official Journal of the European Union the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

Dr. Philip Lang and fellow researchers at the University of Munich uses quantitative sensory testing to detect changes in pain sensitivity acupuncture 24 healthy volunteers with the foot acupuncture researchers after it was found that pain thresholds increased by up to 50% of the Effects of foot. reference and untreated on foot.

Research shows acupuncture measurable and special effects on Pain

Quantitative sensory testing used clinically will help you understand the nerve fibres chronic pain related to specific injuries doctors. includes the idea of a thermal (heat and cold) and mechanical perception (the pressure applied to the skin). Response patterns to provide patients with nerve damage involved in and the type of diagnostic information possible.

The results pointed to the two nerve fibres — "delta" pain fibres and "c" pain fibres — such as affected by acupuncture. scientists believe in particular, this forms the basis of the effects of chronic pain, which can be more strongly to the protection of individuals with regard to the future studies.

All treatments were carried out for the management of commonly used acupuncture pain points to experienced acupuncturist.

The results provide the scientific background of acupuncture, the ancient practice of Dr. Dominik Irnich, multidisciplinary Pain Centre at the University of Munich, the Director of the Anesthesiology. Dr.Irnich notes, "Our results indicate that the contralateral to embark on a result in considerable pain relief. This suggests that acupuncturists should needles contralaterally If the affected page is too painful or is not available, for example, if the skin damage or are in the same place dressing."

Dr. Steven l. Shafer, editor-in-Chief, Anesthesia & pain and Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University, displays as it is an important finding study. "Reproducible results are the cornerstone of the scientific research, "Dr. Shafer comments."The authors are clearly described in the methods and findings. If other laboratories able to play these results properly supervised, then this will continue to support acupuncture scientific basis of the quantitative sensory testing. Furthermore, the ability to identify certain types of nerves pain accompanied the consignment, can help direct research arrangements for importing bananas into the community and acupuncture pain. "

SOURCES: Anesthesia & pain, Medical News


View the original article here

No comments:

Post a Comment