NDLI: Treatment effect of acupuncture and electric stimulation on chronic constipation patients

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Chien-Yue Chen Jin-Run Chen Min-Da Ke Chien-Hsun Huang Ya-Hsin Hsueh Cheng-Deng Kuo
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: Graduate Institute of Electronic Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, No.123 Sec.3 University Rd. Douliou, Taiwan (Chien-Yue Chen; Jin-Run Chen; Ya-Hsin Hsueh) \|\| National Yunlin University of Science and Technology Graduate School of Engineering Science & Technology No.123 Sec.3 University Rd. Douliou, Taiwan (Min-Da Ke) \|\| Department of Community and Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, Taiwan (Chien-Hsun Huang) \|\| Laboratory of Biophysics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Medical Research & Education, Taiwan (Cheng-Deng Kuo)
Abstract	This research applied electro-acupuncture stimulation to constipated subjects expecting to improve constipation by enhancing bowel movement, increasing stool frequency, reducing the times of enemata, and lowering the doses of laxatives, as well as to decrease the side effects of drugs and cut down medical expenditure. The research divided 36 qualified subjects, including 35 females and 1 male with the age of 40±12, into electro-acupuncture group and Sham-acupuncture group by randomized single-blind method. Both groups received 8-week treatment, once every week. In the process of treatment, multi-functional physiological signal acquisition device was utilized to receive the electrocardiograms of the subjects in the first, the fourth and the eighth weeks for analysis. The findings showed that sympathetic nerve system of electro-acupuncture group appeared inactive after 8-week treatment, and their parasympathetic nerve systems turned more active than that of Sham-acupuncture group in the eighth week.
Starting Page	450
Ending Page	452
File Size	300397
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424474547
e-ISBN	9781424474561
DOI	10.1109/APCCAS.2010.5775056
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-12-06
Publisher Place	Malaysia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Standards autonomic nervous activity constipation acupuncture heart rate variability (HRV)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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