The Influence of Different Acupuncture Manipulations on the Skin Temperature of an Acupoint

Table 1

The changes of volunteers’ HR (in [1/min]) during the experiment (^∗𝑃<0.05).

	Before acupuncture	Needle insertion	Needle manipulation	Needle removal	After acupuncture
Sham acupuncture	71.03 ± 9.04	68.50 ± 8.29*	68.15 ± 7.84	66.79 ± 7.32	67.82 ± 8.04
Lifting-thrusting	73.68 ± 8.88	69.84 ± 9.93*	69.43 ± 8.69	69.95 ± 9.71	71.22 ± 11.01*
Twisting-rotating	69.54 ± 11.47	65.27 ± 12.28*	66.89 ± 10.80	67.32 ± 9.63	67.32 ± 11.50*