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Effect of Acupuncture at the Right Hoku Point on Bilateral Vibration-induced Finger Flexion Reflex in Man: Comparison Between In-Situ and Sparrow Pecking Technique

1993; World Scientific; Volume: 21; Issue: 03n04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s0192415x93000248

1793-6853

Nobuari Takakura, Majime Ogawa, Satoshi Iijima, Keiichi Nishimura, Arata Kanamaru, Masato Sibuya, Ikuo Momma,

Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment

The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of the Sparrow Pecking (SP) technique with that of the In-Situ (IS) technique of acupuncture on vibration-induced finger flexion reflex (VFR). Subjects were 30 healthy adults. VFR, flexion movement of the vibrated finger, was induced by vibrating the volar side of the middle finger tip. The acupuncture point was the right Hoku point. Both techniques of acupuncture inhibited VFR in the ipsilateral and contralateral sides, but inhibition with SP was significantly greater than that with IS (percentage control force of VFR, mean ± SD: with SP right, 62.1±24.6%, left, 60.6±27.9%, with IS right, 74.9±26.6%, left, 78.1±29.5%, P<0.0005). The results suggest that SP suppresses facilitation of VFR in the reflex arcs more than IS does.