TY  - JOUR
AU  - Yang, Yan
AU  - Litscher, Gerhard
AU  - Sheng, Zemin
AU  - Wang, Lu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/20
TI  - Heart Rate Variability during Acupuncture Treatment of Lumbosacral Pain
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 015
VL  - 05
IS  - 01
AB  - Pain could be directly related to autonomous imbalance. To date, only one scientific work examining heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate (HR) as the important parameters of autonomous nervous system (ANS) in the context of clinical routine acupuncture treatments for lumbosacral pain conditions is available in the listed databases. The present study aimed to investigate the short-term effects of HRV and HR, during and after the acupuncture needle stimulation in patients with lower back pain. Eighteen patients (mean age + SD: 60.2  ±12.0 years; 15 males and 3 females) were included in the present study. All the investigations were performed at the Privatclinic Lassnitzhoehe, Austria. The trial was conducted and integrated into routine acupuncture therapeutic interventions. Heart rate, as well as heart rate variability, was measured continuously during needle acupuncture. The main acupuncture points were: Dachangshu (BL25), Zhibian (BL54), Huantiao (GB30), Fengshi (GB31), Yanglingquan (GB34), Xuanzhong (GB39), and Taichong (LV3). The results demonstrated that in comparison to the only existing previous study on the topics of HRV, HR, acupuncture, and lumbosacral pain, similar HR and LF/HF-HRV pattern changes were observed in the present study, while certain slightly different HRVtotal changes were observed as well. There is evidence that acupuncture may affect the balance of the ANS in patients during lumbosacral acupuncture treatment. Further investigations in this regard are in progress.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2001015
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.2001015
ID  - Yang2020
ER  -