Recent abstracts on AP

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Josefson-A {a}, Kreuter-M. | Acupuncture to reduce nausea

during chemotherapy treatment of rheumatic diseases. |

Rheumatology (Oxford), October, 2003, vol. 42, no. 10, p. 1149-

1154, print ISSN: 1462-0324. | {a} Department of Rheumatology

and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska University

Hospital/Sahlgrenska, S-413 45, Goteborg, Sweden, Sweden. E-

Mail: annika.josefson. | Objective. To study if

acupuncture, combined with ondansetron treatment, reduces

nausea and vomiting associated with cyclophosphamide

infusion in patients with rheumatic diseases. Methods. Thirty-

nine patients were treated with acupuncture at point PC 6 and/or

in the ear to decrease nausea and vomiting. The patients reported

the severity of nausea and number of bouts of vomiting at the start

of chemotherapy and after 4, 8, 24, 48 and 72h. Results.

Compared with ondansetron treatment alone, the combined

acupuncture- ondansetron treatment significantly decreased both

the severity of nausea and the number of bouts of vomiting 24

and 48h after the subjects had received acupuncture at the

first treatment session (nausea: P < 0.0001; vomiting: P <

0.0035). Nearly the same results were seen 48 and 72h after the

subjects had had their last treatment of acupuncture (nausea P <

0.0080). Similar results were found after 24 to 48 h, when a

comparison was made between two sessions close in time

(nausea: P < 0.0001 after 24 h, P < 0.0003 after 48 h; vomiting: P

< 0.0007). Conclusions. Our results clearly indicate that combined

treatment with acupuncture and ondansetron reduces the severity

and the duration of chemotherapy-induced nausea as well as the

number of bouts of vomiting as compared with ondansetron

therapy alone, in patients with rheumatic diseases. COPYRIGHT

BY Biological Abstracts Inc, Philadelphia PA, USA

 

Kim-Yongsuk {a}, Kim-Chang-Whan, Kim-Keon-Sik. | Clinical

observations on postoperative vomiting treated by auricular AP. |

American-Journal-of-Chinese-Medicine, 2003, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 475-

480, print ISSN: 0192-415X. | {a} Department of AP and

Moxibustion, Kangnam Korean Hospital, Kyung Hee University,

No. 994-5 Daechi 2-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-501, South

Korea, South Korea. E-Mail: ackys. | We studied

the effect of auricular AP on postoperative nausea and vomiting

(PONV). One hundred female patients undergoing transabdominal

hysterectomy were entered into the study. The patients were

divided into two groups (auricular AP treatment group and non-

treatment group) in order to test the effectiveness of auricular AP.

There was no significant difference in age, weight, height or

duration of anesthesia among the two groups of patients. There

was a significant difference between the control and auricular AP

treatment groups in the incidence of vomiting 12 hours after surgery

(68% and 30%, respectively, p < 0.01). No noteworthy side effects

from treatment were observed. Auricular AP is effective in reducing

vomiting following transabdominal hysterectomy in female patients.

COPYRIGHT BY Biological Abstracts Inc, Philadelphia PA, USA

 

Moon-Sang-Kwan {a}, Whang-Yeon-Kyu, Park-Sung-Uk, Ko-Chang-

Nam, Kim- Young-Suk, Bae-Hyung-Sup, Cho-Ki-Ho. | Antispastic

effect of electroAP and moxibustion in stroke patients. | American-

Journal-of-Chinese-Medicine, 2003, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 467-474, print

ISSN: 0192-415X. | {a} Department of Cardiovascular and

Neurologic Diseases, Hospital of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee

University, 1, Hoeki-dong, Dongdaemoon- ku, Seoul, 130-702,

South Korea, South Korea. E-Mail: m919k523. |

Spasticity is a frequently observed motor impairment that develops

after stroke. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy

of electroAP (EA) and moxibustion (Mox) on spasticity due to

stroke. The subjects consisted of 35 stroke patients with elbow

spasticity whose mean duration of stroke was 2.97 months. Fifteen

patients were randomized to the EA group, ten to Mox, and ten to

control. Every other day, 30 minutes of electrical stimulation with a

frequency of 50 Hz was given through four needles on the Ch'u-

Ch'ih- San-Li (LI-11-LI-10) and Wai-Kuan-Ho-Ku (TB-5-LI-4) points of

the paretic side. Direct Mox was applied to Ch'u-Ch'ih (LI-11), San-

Li (LI-10), Wai-Kuan (TB-5) and Ho-Ku (LI-4) points three times a

day every other day. The control group was given only the routine

AP therapy for stroke and range of motion (ROM) exercise, which

were also applied to the EA and Mox groups. The efficacy of

treatment was measured before, immediately, 1 hour, 3 hours, 1

day, 5 days, 10 days and 15 days after the start of treatment using

a modified Ashworth scale (MAS). In the EA group, spasticity was

significantly reduced immediately, 1 hour and 3 hours after

treatment (p < 0.05). Reductions were significant on the 5th day

and thereafter (p < 0.05). In the Mox group, there was no significant

change in the MAS scores after the first treatment. In the Mox and

control group, there was no significant change in MAS scores. This

study suggests that EA can temporarily reduce spasticity due to

stroke, and if applied repeatedly it can maintain reduced

spasticity.COPYRIGHT BY Biological Abstracts Inc, Philadelphia

PA, USA

 

Ovechkin-Aleck, Kim-Kyeong-Seop {a}, Lee-Jeong-Whan, Lee-

Sang-Min. | Thermo-visual evaluation of the Yin-Tang AP point for

intracranial hypertension syndrome. | American-Journal-of-Chinese-

Medicine, 2003, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 455-466, print ISSN: 0192-415X. |

{a} School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Konkuk

University, 322 Danwol-dong, Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 380-

701, South Korea, South Korea. | This study describes a thermo-

visual method to diagnose intracranial hypertension syndrome that

is caused by a high intracranial pressure by observing the relative

temperature distribution around the " Yin- Tang " AP point. Based on

thermo-visual analysis of 3000 thermal images scanned by infrared

thermal imaging system acquired from 1256 admitted patients, we

found that a certain specific temperature distribution around the Yin-

Tang AP point was related with the degree of severity of intracranial

hypertension syndrome. Thus, we claim that the evaluation of the

relative temperature distribution around the Yin-Tang AP point can

be used to diagnose and control intracranial hypertension

syndrome during medical treatments.COPYRIGHT BY Biological

Abstracts Inc, Philadelphia PA, USA

 

 

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