Acupuncture in the Management of Injury and Operative Pain under Field Conditions.
Abstract
This document reports initial development of 2 experimental programs to permit quantitative assessment of the feasibility of acupuncture analgesia under clinical and especially field conditions. One experimental program involved acute neurophysiological experiments in the cat to permit quantitative characterizations of optimal acupuncture waveforms (electrical) or manipulations (manual) and optimal acupuncture points. These experiments involved the study of the influence of Acupuncture stimulation on single neuron responses driven by tooth pulp stimulation in 2 thalamic nuclear groups associated with the affective-motivational aspects of pain. Results show that stimulation of the Hoku acupuncture point significantly attenuates thalamic unit activity elicited by pulp stimulation in both nuclear groups studied. The 2nd experiment involved chronic behavioral experiments in the cat to permit a direct verification of the feasibility of acupuncture analgesia at the perceptual level to avoid interpretive complications of placebo reactions, hypnotism, etc. Premature contract termination prevented the collection of sufficient data to adequately assess acupuncture analgesia or to optimize administration techniques.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 02, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA049774
Entities
People
- B. S. Savara
- R. B. Tacke
- R. W. Fields
Organizations
- Oregon Health & Science University