Why the study?
Does acupuncture improve mean blood flow velocity in the right middle cerebral artery in healthy volunteers?
Population
12 healthy volunteers, mean age 35.2+/-4.4 years (range 26-41 years), 4 female and 8 male.
Comparison
Acupuncture using an unspecific scheme for a… vs Baseline measurements before acupuncture.
Design
Other
Authors
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Acupuncture may acutely increase right MCA velocity in healthy volunteers; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Does acupuncture improve mean blood flow velocity in the right middle cerebral artery in healthy volunteers?
Acupuncture significantly increases mean blood flow velocity in the right middle cerebral artery in healthy volunteers, as measured by robotic transcranial Doppler sonography.
Litscher et al. (1998) studied this question.
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