A Transcontinental Pilot Study for Acupuncture Lifting-Thrusting and Twisting-Rotating Manipulations

Table 3

The changes of skin microvascular perfusion (in arbitrary units) at all investigated points during twisting-rotating needling manipulation.

	Before acupuncture	Before twisting-rotating manipulation	After twisting-rotating manipulation	After removing the needle
ST36	37.63±33.64	57.54 ± 56.50**	52.87± 25.68**	50.08 ± 48.86*
ST37	47.84±14.12	50.32±16.38	48.69±16.21	45.79 ± 14.47**
ST38	45.5±13.50	44.7±14.53	43.42 ± 13.25*	42.44 ± 13.36*
Control point	49.19±17.42	47.97±17.27	47.51±16.79	45.59±14.78

*P < 0.01; **𝑃<0.001.