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KMID : 1137820150360050191
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의공학회지
2015 Volume.36 No. 5 p.191 ~ p.197
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Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Arterial Pulse
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Cho Jae-Kyong
Kang Dong-Hwan
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Abstract
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Laser acupuncture is defined as the stimulation of traditional acupuncture points with low-intensity, nonthermal laser irradiation. Possible advantages in using laser acupuncture are the noninvasive, painless and low risks of infection treatment. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of laser acupuncture on the quality and waveform of arterial pulses. Ten acupuncture points were stimulated repeatedly three times in 30 individuals by laser with emission in the near infrared spectral region (808 nm) using an out power and power density of 45 mW and 143 W/ cm2. The analysis of pulse quality and waveform was performed based on the measurement of arterial pressure of the left and right wrist, using a 3-dimensional blood pressure pulse analyzer. Excess-like pulse quality of subjects before laser acupuncture changed significantly to balanced pulse quality after 10, 20, and 30 minutes of laser acupuncture; coefficient of deficient or excess, CDE, decreased significantly from 0.68 before acupuncture to 0.61, 0.55, and 0.55 after 10, 20, 30 minutes of laser acupuncture (p ≤ 0.006), respectively. Other pulse qualities, floating or sinking, slow or rapid, choppy or slippery did not change significantly by laser acupuncture (p > 0.05). Pulse waveform analysis showed that amplitude of main peak (systolic function or aortic compliance, h1) of left and right artery pulse waves decreased significantly after 10, 20, and 30 minutes of laser acupuncture (p < 0.05). Other parameters, duration of one cardiac cycle (T), duration of rapid systolic ejection (T1), duration of the systolic phase (T4), and duration of the diastolic phase (T5) of left and right artery pulses did not change significantly after laser acupuncture (p > 0.05).
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KEYWORD
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laser acupuncture, arterial pulse, pulse analyzer, pulse quality, pulse waveform
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