Sentences with phrase «of electroacupuncture»

Two studies compared the effects of electroacupuncture and amitriptyline in depressed patients.

Almost 38 percent of electroacupuncture patients reported three or more bowel movements a week, on average, during the study's 12 - week follow - up period, compared to 14 percent of sham therapy patients.

«This is the first report linking the effects of electroacupuncture at St36 to chronic stress induced depressive and anxious behavior in animals,» Eshkevari says.

Not exact matches

They indeed found that electroacupuncture delivered at St36 minutes after chronic painful cold exposure was as effective in preventing elevation of stress hormones as it was with pretreatment with acupuncture.

Participants were randomized into four different interventions that would analyze how effectively an acupuncture technique known as electroacupuncture — in which embedded needles deliver weak electrical currents — reduces incidents of hot flashes as compared to the epilepsy drug gabapentin, which was previously shown to be effective in reducing hot flashes for these patients.

The Penn researchers surveyed the subjects sixteen weeks after treatment ended, and found that the electroacupuncture and sham electroacupuncture groups had enjoyed a sustained — and even slightly increased — abatement of hot flashes.

Compared to its sham version, electroacupuncture produced a 25 percent greater reduction in HFCS, suggesting that it really could work better — though the modest size of the study precluded a statistically definitive conclusion.

Many of these strategies are used to then test novel medications (including herbal preparations) or therapies (including electroacupuncture) for drug and alcohol abuse.

For one, electroacupuncture has a «good sustained effect, which is one of its advantages,» she said.

Half received electroacupuncture with needles that pierced the muscle layer of the abdominal wall.

Electroacupuncture: the application of a pulsating electrical current to acupuncture needles as a means of stimulating the points.

Costs of treatment vary widely according to region, and without seeing Buster and evaluating his condition, I can't really comment on whether electroacupuncture would help him or not.

Electroacupuncture (also called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or PENS) is a technique involving needle stimulation that enhances the analgesic effects of acupuncture by blocking pain pathways.

The goal of animal electroacupuncture is helping Qi (vital energy, life - force) move throughout the body.

Occasionally other acupuncture modalities such as electroacupuncture, aquapuncture or gold - bead implants are used to increase the duration and effectiveness of an acupuncture treatment.

Stimulation of the acupuncture points by needles can be enhanced by rotating the needles, or by attaching electrodes to deliver a very weak current (electroacupuncture).

The use of additional forms of acupuncture stimulation, such as electroacupuncture, can increase response, and lengthen the time between treatments.

In the first study, patients suffering from depression received 5 weeks of therapy with either electroacupuncture or the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline hydrochloride.

A comparison of Hamilton Depression Scale scores before and after treatment showed a significant reduction in the scores for the electroacupuncture group.