Improvement in acupoint selection for acupuncture of nerves surrounding the injury site: electro-acupuncture with Governor vessel with local meridian acupoints

Improvement in acupoint selection for acupuncture of nerves surrounding the injury site: electro-acupuncture with Governor vessel with local meridian acupoints

Peripheral nerve injury not only affects the site of the injury, but can also induce neuronal apoptosis at the spinal cord. However, many acupuncture clinicians still focus only on the injury site, selecting acupoints entirely along the injured nerve trunk and neglecting other regions; this may dela...

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Main Authors: Guan-heng He, Jing-wen Ruan, Yuan-shan Zeng, Xin Zhou, Ying Ding, Guang-hui Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Neural Regeneration Research
Subjects:
nerve regeneration; peripheral nerve injury; acupuncture; electroacupuncture; Governor vessel acupoints; local acupoints; electrophysiology; spinal cord; motor nerve conduction; functional repair; neural regeneration
Online Access:http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2015;volume=10;issue=1;spage=128;epage=135;aulast=He

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