title: [Possibilities of control of regulation of the function of arteriovenous anastomoses and of capillary blood flow by means of acupuncture].
abstract: Acupuncture was carried out on a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and microangiopathy of the lower limbs. Photoplethysmographic waves appeared at the right inferior limb where before they had been absent; at the left inferior limb normalization of postural reflexes was achieved, suggesting that acupuncture is effective in vasodilatation of capillaries and preterminal arterioles and in the reactivation of the arterio-venous blood flow.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D001163:Arteriovenous Anastomosis; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002196:Capillaries; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014664:Vasodilation
vernacular_title: Possibilità di controllo della regolazione della funzione delle anastomosi artero-venose e del flusso capillare mediante agopuntura.