This week's Medline Abstracts on Acupuncture

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Meira C, Pessoa VM, Ferreira JC, Araujo GH, Gioso MM, Bicudo SD, Oba

E, Orlandi C. Alternative low doses and routes of administering a

prostaglandin F2alpha analogue to induce luteolysis in Nelore cows.J Vet

Sci. 2006 Dec;7(4):387-390. Department of Animal Reproduction and

Veterinary Radiology, School of Vet Med and Animal Science, Sao Paulo

State University, Botucatu, Sao Paulo 18618-000, Brazil.

meira The present study was conducted in order to verify

the efficacy of lower doses and alternative routes of a prostaglandin

F2alpha analogue, luprostiol (PGF), for the induction of luteolysis and the

precipitation of estrus in nonlactating Nelore cows (Bos taurus indicus). A

conventional dose (15 mg) of PGF was compared to doses lower than the

conventional dose, which ranges from 10 to 50%, that were administered

intramuscularly (IM), intravulvosubmucosally (IVSM), or in the Bai-hui

acupuncture site located within the lumbosacral area. The cows were

administered PGF 8 day after estrus in the presence of a corpus luteum,

and randomly assigned to the following groups: G1 (positive control), 15

mg, IM (n = 23); G2, 7.5 mg, IM (n = 23); G3, 3.75 mg, IM (n = 24); G4, 7.5

mg, IVSM (n = 25); G5, 3.75 mg, Bai-hui acupoint (n = 24); and G6, 1.5 mg,

Bai-hui acupoint (n = 25). The results indicated that 50% of a conventional

dose of PGF (7.5 mg) resulted in a complete luteal regression (plasma

progesterone <1 ng/ml) at Hour 48, and hastened estrus, regardless of

whether or not PGF was administered IM or IVSM. Comparatively, 10 or

25% of the conventional dose, even when administered to the Bai-hui

acupoint, resulted in an initial reduction in the concentration of progesterone

at Hour 24, followed by an increase observed at Hour 48. In conclusion,

25% of a conventional PGF dose administered via the Bai-hui acupoint

proved inadequate to induce a complete luteal regression, whereas 50% of

a conventional dose administered IM or IVSM was found to be the minimal

dose required to induce effectively a complete luteal regression, and to

precipitate the onset of estrus in nonlactating Nelore cows. PMID: 17106232

[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

 

Smith P, Mosscrop D, Davies S, Sloan P, Al-Ani Z. The efficacy of

acupuncture in the treatment of temporomandibular joint myofascial pain: A

randomised controlled trial. J Dent. 2006 Nov 7; [Epub ahead of print]

School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge

Street, Manchester M15 6FH, United Kingdom. OBJECTIVES: To compare

the effect of real acupuncture and sham acupuncture in the treatment of

temporomandibulat joint myofascial pain, in order to establish the true

efficacy of acupuncture. METHODS: A double blind randomised controlled

trial conducted in the TMD Clinic, at the School of Dentistry, The University

of Manchester. Twenty-seven patients were assigned to one of two

treatment groups. Group 1 received real acupuncture treatment whilst

Group 2 received a sham acupuncture intervention. Both the assessor and

the patient were blinded regarding the group allocation. Baseline

assessment of the outcome variables was made prior to the first treatment

session, and was repeated following the last treatment. RESULTS: The

results demonstrated that real acupuncture had a greater influence on

clinical outcome measure of TMJ MP than those of sham acupuncture, and

the majority of these reached a level of statistical significance.

CONCLUSION: Acupuncture had a positive influence on the signs and

symptoms of TMJ MP. In addition, this study provides evidence that the

Park Sham Device was a credible acupuncture control method for trials

involving facial acupoints. PMID: 17095133 [PubMed - as supplied by

publisher]

 

 

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