The influence of acupressure on the monitoring of acoustic evoked potentials in unsedated adult volunteers.

Anesthesia and Analgesia
Alexander DullenkopfAnette Lang

Abstract

Approaches for monitoring depth of anesthesia can be influenced by things other than anesthetics. In this study, we evaluated the influence of acupressure on the A-line autoregressive index (AAI) and on stress levels in unsedated volunteers. Fifteen unsedated adult volunteers received pressure on the acupuncture Extra 1 point (EP) and on a control point for 10 min on different days. AAI was recorded 5 min before, during, and 5 min after the interventions. Before and after the procedures, the volunteers quantified their level of stress by means of a visual analog stress scale (VSS; 0-100). Corresponding data were compared by Wilcoxon's signed rank test (Bonferroni correction, P < 0.05). Data are median (range). AAI decreased from 73 (40-99) to 53 (33-94) after 10 min of pressure on EP (P = 0.0044). Five minutes after release of pressure there was no difference compared with initial values. There was a statistically significant difference between VSS before and after pressure on EP (36 [7-67] to 15 [0-44]; P = 0.0066), but not on control point. In conclusion, there was a wide range of AAI values in awake volunteers. The AAI was influenced by acupressure performed on the EP in unsedated adult volunteers. Acupressure on this point ...Continue Reading

References

Aug 1, 1996·British Journal of Anaesthesia·C E Thomsen, P F Prior
Oct 14, 2000·Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthésie·D J Doyle
Jan 10, 2002·Anesthesiology Clinics of North America·C Rosow, P J Manberg
Dec 13, 2002·Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society·Alan D Legatt
Feb 25, 2003·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Argyro FassoulakiGeorgia Kostopanagiotou
May 27, 2003·Anesthesiology·Alexander KoberKlaus Hoerauf
Jul 23, 2003·Anesthesia and Analgesia·M MessnerK Tschaikowsky
Aug 13, 2003·Anaesthesia·A Sewell, M Nixon
Aug 20, 2003·British Journal of Anaesthesia·S KreuerW Wilhelm
Sep 23, 2003·Anesthesia and Analgesia·Argyro Fassoulaki

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jan 23, 2008·Der Anaesthesist·G N SchmidtP Bischoff
Dec 29, 2012·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine : Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy·H Volkan AcarBayazit Dikmen
Aug 25, 2006·British Journal of Anaesthesia·I WenningmannB W Urban
Oct 11, 2011·BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine·Nicola RobinsonXing Liao
Apr 17, 2007·Journal of Physiological Anthropology·Toshifumi SugiuraYoshimitsu Okita
Sep 22, 2006·Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing·Luca CabriniMartina Crivellari
Jul 15, 2015·British Journal of Anaesthesia·Z LuL Xiong
Oct 6, 2011·Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology·Francisco A Lobo, Stefan Schraag

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Auditory Perception

Auditory perception is the ability to receive and interpret information attained by the ears. Here is the latest research on factors and underlying mechanisms that influence auditory perception.