tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "The immediate effects of local and adjacent acupuncture on the tibialis anterior muscle: a human study'

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: The immediate effects of local and adjacent acupuncture on the tibialis anterior muscle: a human study. | Chinese Medicine BioMed Central Research The immediate effects of local and adjacent acupuncture on the tibialis anterior muscle a human study Larissa Araujo Costa1 2 and João Eduardo de Araujo 2 Open Access Address Acupuncture specialization course Instituto Paulista de Estudos Sistêmicos IPES Praẹa Boaventura Ferreira da Rosa 384 Ribeirão Preto SP 14049-900 Brazil and laboratory of Bioengineering Neuropsychobiology and Motor Behavior Department of Biomechanics Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Locomotor System School of Medicine - University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto USP-RP Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900 Ribeirão Preto SP 14049-900 Brazil Email Larissa Araujo Costa - littlelari@ João Eduardo de Araujo - araujoje@ Corresponding author Published 18 December 2008 Received 18 February 2008 I loz i-rzr or. IT Accepted 18 December 2008 Chinese Medicine 2008 3 17 doi 86 1749-8546-3-17 This article is available from http content 3 1 17 2008 Costa and de Araujo licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background This study compares the immediate effects of local and adjacent acupuncture on the tibialis anterior muscle and the amount of force generated or strength in Kilogram Force KGF evaluated by a surface electromyography. Methods The study consisted of a single blinded trial of 30 subjects assigned to two groups local acupoint ST36 and adjacent acupoint SP9 . Bipolar surface electrodes were placed on the tibialis anterior muscle while a force transducer was attached to the foot of the subject and to the floor. An electromyograph EMG connected to a computer registered the KGF and root