[Effects of different acupuncture intensities on the therapeutic effect and the gastric electric activity in the patient of diabetic gastroparesis].
OBJECTIVE
To observe clinical therapeutic effect of different acupuncture intensities on diabetic gastroparesis and to search for the best acupuncture intensity for treatment of diabetic gastroparesis.


METHODS
Eighty cases were randomly divided into 4 groups, strong, moderate, weak acupuncture intensity groups and an oral hypoglycemic drug group, 20 cases in each group. Two weeks of treatment constituted one course.


RESULTS
The total effective rates were 85.0%, 95.0%, 85.0% in the acupuncture groups, respectivelly, with significant difference as compared with 65.0% of the control group (P<0.05). The moderate intensity acupuncture group had the best clinical therapeutic effect. The principal frequency and amplitude of the stomach electrogastrogram in the gastric antrum and the stomach body significantly improved in the acupuncture groups, which was better than those in the control group (P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture has significant therapeutic effect on diabetic gastroparesis, and there is a dose-effect relation between different intensities of acupuncture and curative effects,which are correlated with the regulation of the gastric electric parameters.
Zeng
Hong-wen
HW
Acupuncture Section, The Second TCM Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510095, China. zenghw@163.com
Nie
Bin
B
Ge
Yan
Y
Wang
He
H
Song
Xiao-juan
XJ
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach / Q000503:physiopathology*