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

Table 2

The changes in skin microvascular perfusion (in arbitrary units) at all investigated points during lifting-thrusting needling manipulation.

	Before acupuncture	Before lifting-thrusting manipulation	After lifting-thrusting manipulation	After removing the needle
ST36	44.71±7.14	72.96 ± 5.16**	81.99 ± 0.50*	82.23 ± 9.41**
ST37	51.79±24.33	52.76±38.61	50.58±29.63	48.82±27.01
ST38	48.57±18.81	48.04±25.03	46.4 ± 26.52*	45.86±28.64
Control point	56.65±16.33	52.87±21.28	51.13±15.84	50.27±14.57

*P < 0.01; **𝑃<0.001.