Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Prospective, Single-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study.
Autor: | Liu, Xuemei, Fan, Tao, Lan, Ying, Dong, Shoujing, Fu, Juanjuan, Mao, Bing |
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DIAGNOSIS of dyspnea
OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease treatment WALKING ACTIVE oxygen in the body ACUPUNCTURE points ALTERNATIVE medicine LONGITUDINAL method PROBABILITY theory RESEARCH funding RESPIRATORY measurements PULMONARY function tests STATISTICAL sampling STATISTICAL hypothesis testing T-test (Statistics) TRANSCUTANEOUS electrical nerve stimulation STATISTICAL power analysis STATISTICAL significance BODY mass index RANDOMIZED controlled trials VISUAL analog scale TREATMENT effectiveness PRE-tests & post-tests VITAL capacity (Respiration) BLIND experiment DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics |
Zdroj: | Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine; Oct2015, Vol. 21 Issue 10, p610-616, 7p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Graph |
Abstrakt: | Objectives: To evaluate the clinical effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation over acupoints (acu-TENS) on patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design: Prospective, single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Settings/Locations: Outpatient center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University. Patients: Fifty patients with stable COPD enrolled in the study. Interventions: Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups: the acu-TENS group ( n=25), who underwent acu-TENS over acupoints of bilateral EX-B-1( Dingchuan), BL-13 ( Feishu), BL-23 ( Shenshu), ST-36 ( Zusanli), and the placebo acu-TENS control group ( n=25), who had the same electrode placement but no electrical output. Treatments were performed for 40-minute sessions every 2 days for 4 weeks. Outcome measures: Lung function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second, percentage predicted (FEV |
Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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