title: [The effect of acupuncture or electro-acupuncture on circulatory parameters].
abstract: We examined the effect of acupuncture or electro-acupuncture on circulatory parameters by use of a non-invasive procedure in 10 healthy male adult volunteers. Circulatory parameters measured were systolic blood pressure, pulse rate, total peripheral resistance and cardiac output. Acupuncture and electro-acupuncture significantly increased total peripheral resistance, and electro-acupuncture increased systolic blood pressure further. There was no difference in cardiac output compared with the control. The results suggest that acupuncture or electro-acupuncture has an action of alpha-stimulation but not of beta-stimulation, and that electro-acupuncture has a stronger effect than acupuncture alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Central Aizu General Hospital, Aizuwakamatsu 965-0011.
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Imiko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohmori
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwama
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000294:innervation; D002302:Cardiac Output; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011674:Pulse; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D014655:Vascular Resistance