Effect of bidirectional rotation of an acupuncture needle at LI10 on acupuncture needle sensation and experimentally-induced contact heat pain in healthy human volunteers.

Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (2014)

Needle rotation increases the magnitude of hypoalgesia. There is tentative evidence that needle sensation may be associated with the amount of change in pain threshold.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
high glucose
diabetic rats
spinal cord
heat stress
oxidative stress