Review Article
Application of Traditional Medical Ideas to Geriatric Syndrome
Table 5
Change of BVF of RA and BA in the stimulation of acupuncture and US.
| | Subject | Acupoint | Stimulation type | Frequency of treatment | Result | Reference |
| | Normal volunteer | Bilateral LR3 | Acupuncture needle, 200 min with stimulation (rotating the needles manually within an angle of 90° for 18 sec) | One treatment | Significant increase of BFV of RA and BA | Takayama et al. (2010) [15] | | Normal volunteer | Bilateral LR3 | US (2.38 W/cm2, 36 sec) or acupuncture needle (200 sec with stimulation (rotating the needles manually within an angle of 90° for 18 sec)) | One treatment | Significant increase of BFV of BA in both US and acupuncture | Tsuruoka et al. (2013) [27] |
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BA: brachial artery; RA: radial artery; US: focused ultrasound.
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