Improvement of Swallowing Reflex After Electrical Stimulation to Lower Leg Acupoints in Patients After Stroke

Akamatsu, Chizuru; Ebihara, Takae; Ishizuka, Satoshi; Fujii, Masahiko; Seki, Kazunori; Arai, Hiroyuki; Handa, Yasunobu; Seki, Takashi

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02470.x

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“…Multiple types of TM may improve the same function. Similar results are obtained when the same site is stimulated even if stimulation methods are different [12]. These findings serve as a reference for studies of the mechanism of action and modern application of TM.…”

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“…The beneficial effects of acupuncture on the swallowing reflex continued for up to 7 days. [12] Conclusion: acupuncture on the two selected acupoints dramatically restored the swallowing reflex, particularly in severely dysphagic patients. Seki et al 2005 [10].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…We have been investigating new treatment methods using ideas of TM 2 Advances in Geriatrics for geriatric syndrome, such as for aspiration pneumonia, gait disorders, glaucoma, and bowel symptoms [8][9][10][11][12]; we evaluated the effects of treatment on the basis of blood flow volume determined using an ultrasound scan [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. We also developed noninvasive therapeutic equipment suitable for daily treatment of the elderly [21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Acupuncture stimulation of ST36, HTCD treatment of the paraumbilical region, and the herbal medicine Dai-kenchu-to are different approaches, but all of them increase blood flow volume in SMA (Table 6) [16,20]. Herbal medicine Banxia Houpo Tang, acupuncture, and TES on ST36 and KI3 improve LTSR and may prevent aspiration pneumonia [8,12,36]. The cough reflex is improved by both herbal medicine Banxia Houpo Tang and cross electro-nape-acupuncture [34,37].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Application of Traditional Medical Ideas to Geriatric Syndrome

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Takayama

Watanabe

et al. 2014

Advances in Geriatrics

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Background. Japan is a superaging society, with the percentage of persons aged >65 years increasing year after year. Traditional medicine (TM) for elderly has been practiced worldwide for thousands of years. Treatment methods for aspiration pneumonia, gait disorder, glaucoma, and bowel symptoms have been developed. The ideas of acupuncture, moxibustion, and herbal medicine have been implemented in modern medical settings, and medical devices using heat transfer engineering and nanotechnology have been developed. An ultrasound scanner can be used for the evaluation of effects and indications for these therapeutic measures. Objectives. To review published literature and our studies that evaluated medical treatments for the elderly on the basis of ideas of TM. Search Methods. We searched Pubmed, Scopus, and reference lists of relevant clinical trials. Authors' Conclusions. Many studies were found. But there are insufficient data on the effects of traditional medical therapies and further research is needed. TM therapies vary widely and studies of these therapies that ascertain practical application are essential for the utilization of ideas of TM in modern medicine. Moreover, to verify practical application, a quantitative evaluation index is necessary. Nonetheless, modalities using ideas of TM may be promising treatments for some diseases in the elderly.

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Section: Conclusion and Implications For Future Researchsupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Effect Of One Session Of Acupuncture Of St36 and Ki3mentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Background and Aimmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conclusion and Implications For Future Researchmentioning

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Application of Traditional Medical Ideas to Geriatric Syndrome

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“…The present analysis is based on the hypothesis that the change in the resistance is induced by stimulation. It is known that physical stimulation of an acupoint in different ways or even stimulation of different acupoints has the same efficacy although a difference in efficiency remains 13, 31, 32, 33. Therefore, it is presumed that not only the peripheral nervous system, but also the central nervous system and endocrine system are involved in signal transduction of the stimulation.…”

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Numerical reproduction of hemodynamics change by acupuncture on Taichong (LR-3) based on the lumped-parameter approximation model of the systemic arteries

Shirai¹,

Suzuki²,

Seki³

2015

Integrative Medicine Research

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BackgroundThe aim of this study was to develop a mathematical model of blood flow in the systemic circulation to emulate the change in hemodynamics by acupuncture therapy to elucidate the mechanism of the therapy. For this purpose, as a first step, a simple model of arterial blood flow was presented to reproduce previously reported change in the blood flow volume by the acupuncture needle stimulation of Taichong (LR-3).MethodsThis model was based on the lumped-parameter approximation of arterial blood flow together with linear resistance of peripheral circulation. It has been reported that blood flow in the left arm was enhanced after the stimulation, yielding the peripheral vascular resistance-regulated blood flow dominated by the sympathetic nervous system. In addition to the peripheral resistance, another parameter that possibly regulates the blood flow is the cross-sectional area of the vessel. These two factors were changed to numerically examine their contributions to the blood flow based on the hypothesis that they could be changed by the stimulation. The numerical result was compared with the experimental result to confirm the validity of the hypothesis that the blood flow in the arm is regulated by the peripheral resistance.ResultsThis model is extremely simple and the physical parameters introduced for the simulation were gleaned from different reports in the literature. It was demonstrated, however, that regulation of the peripheral resistance rather than of the cross-sectional area could reproduce the experimentally observed change in the blood flow. Moreover, the relationship between the changes in the flow volume and the systemic vascular resistance quantitatively matched the experimental data.ConclusionThe present model has a potential to emulate hemodynamic change by acupuncture therapy by incorporating physiological correlation of stimulation of an acupoint and regulation of parameters that affect the hemodynamics.

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