The effect of manual acupuncture on blood neutrophil counts in moderate intensity exercise

1st Physics and Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry Symposium

物理学;医药卫生

Ciang, C.Y.^1 ; Simadibrata, C.^1 ; Tobing, A.^2 ; Srilestari, A.^1

Department of Medical Acupuncture, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia^1

Sports Medicine Division, Department of Medical Community Science, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia^2

关键词: Acupuncture therapy;    Acute inflammatory response;    Beneficial effects;    Inflammatory response;    Needle insertion;    Placebo groups;    Statistically significant difference;    Therapeutic modality;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/884/1/012128/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/884/1/012128

学科分类：卫生学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Exercise, even though it has a beneficial effect, can cause muscle damage and trigger inflammatory responses, as evidenced by increased neutrophils in the blood. Acupuncture is a therapeutic modality that is expected to reduce acute inflammatory responses due to exercise. Thirty untrained men were divided randomly into two groups. The manual acupuncture group (n = 15) received stimulation at acupoints ST36 and SP6 bilateral by needle insertion, while the placebo group (n = 15) received insertion of needles on plaster without penetrating the skin. Therapy was done once for 30 minutes immediately after the subjects completed the exercise. Blood neutrophil counts were assessed before exercise and one hour after exercise ended. The results show there is a statistically significant difference in the number of neutrophils before and after exercise between the manual acupuncture group and the placebo group (0.08±0.91 and 0.97±0.70; p = 0.006). Acupuncture therapy effectively mitigates the acute inflammatory response triggered by exercise.