Chronic Electrical Stimulation of Four Acupuncture Points on Rat Diabetic Neuropathy

Author

Lin, C.-C.K. ; Chen, M.-C. ; Yu, S.-N. ; Ju, M.S.

Author_Institution

Medical Center, National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan

fYear

2006

Firstpage

4271

Lastpage

4274

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of chronic electrical stimulation of acupuncture points on rat diabetic neuropathy. Diabetes mellitus was induced by a single dose of intravenous streptozotocin. The efficacies of several different protocols of electrical stimulation were compared. The evaluation measures included nerve conduction velocity, tactile threshold and blood perfusion on eye and footpad. Electrical stimulation was administered 30 min/day for 4 weeks. On the 4^th weekend of stimulation, when compared with the control group, the stimulated groups showed differential benefits on different evaluation measures. The results indicated that chronic electrical stimulation could reduce the functional deficits of diabetic neuropathy

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; diseases; eye; haemorheology; neurophysiology; patient treatment; 30 min; 4 week; acupuncture points; blood perfusion; chronic electrical stimulation; diabetes mellitus; eye; footpad; intravenous streptozotocin; nerve conduction velocity; rat diabetic neuropathy; tactile threshold; Animals; Blood; Cities and towns; Delta modulation; Diabetes; Electrical stimulation; Isolators; Protocols; Rats; Sugar; acupuncture; diabetes mellitus; electrical stimulation; neuropathy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615408

Filename

1615408