[Efficacy and safety of body-insulated acupuncture needle for electrical stimulation at rabbit scia-tic nerve trunk]

Autor: Guang-di, Hu, Ling-Li, Qin, Lu, Zhang, Jian-Hua, Fu, Tian-Xin, Li, Shui-Yang, Xu, Yu-Juan, Song, Lei, Li, Bin, Yang, Jian-Wu, Shen, Lei, Jiang, Guo-Liang, Xiang
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Zdroj: Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research. 46(6)
ISSN: 1000-0607
Popis: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of electrical stimulation at the rabbit sciatic nerve trunk with the body-insulated acupuncture needle whose body is painted with insulating material.Eighteen male New Zealand rabbits were randomized into the body-insulated acupuncture needle (BIAN), the general acupuncture needle (GAN), and the blank control groups,with 6 rabbits in each group. The rats'sciatic nerve trunks in BIAN and GAN groups were stimulated by electroacupuncture with the body-insulated acupuncture needle (only allowing the uncoated needle handle and tip to conduct electricity) and the general acupuncture needle, separately. The current intensity was recorded when regular plantarflexion reflexes (sciatic nerve effector reflexes) were observed in the rabbit's foot. The pathological changes of the sciatic nerve at the acupuncture site were observed by H.E. staining, and the ultrastructural changes of the sciatic nerve trunk were observed by transmission electron microscope.The intensity of the current causing the regular plantar flexion reflection in BIAN group ([0.29±0.07] mA) was significantly lower than that in the GAN group([0.86±0.08] mA,Insulated acupuncture needle is more accurate and safer than ordinary acupuncture needle for electrical stimulation of rabbit sciatic nerve trunk, and the required electric current intensity is smaller.
Databáze: OpenAIRE