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KMID : 1195520090020020094
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Journal of Korean Orthopaedic Ultrasound Society
2009 Volume.2 No. 2 p.94 ~ p.98
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Role of Ultrasound in Acupuncture
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Park Gi-Young
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Abstract
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Acupuncture is a treatment method that originated more than 3,000 years ago in China and is practiced in most of the world. Acupuncture became the most popular complementary and alternative medicine modality. Ultrasound is useful for research and educational purposes, visualizing needle insertion at acupuncture points, especially next to vulnerable structures such as nerves or the pleura. Additionally, ultrasound is an ideal imaging method for evaluation the biomechanical effects of needle manipulation on tissue and has the distinctive advantage of yielding both images of tissue morphology and biomechanical information. Elastography take aim at quantifying a mechanical response or the mechanical property of tissues from a mechanical stimulus, generated internally or externally. Therefore, the combination of ultrasound and elastography analyses allows quantitative assessment of dynamic changes in the structure of human connective tissue.
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KEYWORD
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Acupuncture, Ultrasound, Elastography, Connective tissue
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