PMID: 9553833Apr 29, 1998Paper

Effect of acupuncture stimulation of the auricular sympathetic point on evoked sudomotor response

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine : Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy
M F Young, P W McCarthy

Abstract

To investigate whether stimulation of the auricular sympathetic acupuncture point would affect the mean maximum amplitude of evoked sudomotor responses. A placebo-controlled trial. Two types of controls were used: no acupuncture and acupuncture of an alternate "non-sympathetic nervous system" related (i.e., a non-sympathetic, placebo) point. Subjects were included in either the placebo or the test group. Each subject would have one session of acupuncture and one session without acupuncture, the acupuncture was applied in either the first or the second session. Initially, each group was unaware in which of the two sessions they would receive acupuncture (cross-over design). Each individual was unaware of which group they were to participate in. A quiet, sealed room with a constant temperature, in the research department of the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic. Thirty-eight asymptomatic male, white volunteers (18 to 40 years old). The two groups underwent two electrodermal response (EDR) recording sessions, at an interval of 5 weeks. During each session, they were also presented with eight stimuli, each of which was designed to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system. In each session, subjects either received auricular acu...Continue Reading

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