Effect of Acupuncture on Diaphragm Function in Healthy Volunteers: A Pilot Clinical Study.

Paolo FormentiAndrea GalimbertiRiccardo PinciroliMichele Umbrello

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2022)

Acupuncture significantly influenced diaphragm function in healthy volunteers, improving its inspiratory thickening fraction during breaths at vital capacity, as compared to no or sham acupuncture.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
double blind
clinical trial
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation