AcuTrials

Crossover clinical trial to determine the effect of manual acupuncture at Siguan points (bilateral LI4 and LR3) on intestinal motility in healthy subjects

Yim, Y.K. See all items with this value

Kang, W.C. See all items with this value

Cho, J.H. See all items with this value

Shin, J.W. See all items with this value

Lee, N.H. See all items with this value

Choi, S.M. See all items with this value

Koo, S.T. See all items with this value

Park, K.S. See all items with this value

Son, C.G. See all items with this value

Am J Chin Med See all items with this value

2007

35(2)

209-218

RCT

*Acupuncture Points See all items with this value

*Acupuncture Therapy See all items with this value

Adult See all items with this value

Contrast Media See all items with this value

Cross-Over Studies See all items with this value

Defecation See all items with this value

*Gastrointestinal Motility See all items with this value

Humans See all items with this value

Intestines/radiography See all items with this value

Male See all items with this value

Single-Blind Method See all items with this value

Time Factors See all items with this value

This study examined whether manual acupuncture at the Siguan points (bilateral points LI4 and LR3) affects intestinal motility in healthy human subjects. Twenty healthy male subjects were randomly assigned either to real acupuncture (RA) at Siguan points or sham acupuncture (SA) groups in a crossover manner. All subjects underwent two experimental sessions; the RA group in the first session was treated with SA in the second session after a 2-week washout period, and vice versa. Each subject took 20 radio-markers and was treated with acupuncture 0, 12, 24, and 36 hours after radio-marker intake. Radiographs were taken at 6, 12.5, 24.5, and 48 hours, and the effect of acupuncture on intestinal motility was evaluated based on the distribution of the radio-markers in the ileum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid/ rectum, and outside the body. Defecating habit was monitored during the trial, and complete blood counts were checked before and after the two acupuncture sessions. The RA and SA results showed extremely similar distributions of the radio-markers in these five regions of the alimentary canal and outside the body in radiographs taken at four different times, verifying that there was no effect of manual acupuncture at the Siguan points on intestinal motility, at least in healthy human subjects.

Date of Input: 5/22/2015; Date Modified: 10/15/2015; Priority: Normal; Department of Meridian and Acupoint, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University, Daejeon 300-716, South Korea.; eng; Web: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17436362

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