2000년 국제학술지(Neuroscience Letters)에 실린 논문입니다. 한의학박사 김지훈

아래 논문은 제가 경희대학교 동서의학연구소를 통하여 보건복지부 연구 프로젝트인 '난치성 질환에 대한 동서의학적 연구'의 일환으로 수행하여 침, 전침 및 전통 침 수기법 병행의 진통효과를 비교하여 과학적으로 규명한 논문입니다.

Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Department of Physiology, Kyung Hee University, Department of Meridianology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Received 13 October 1999; received in revised form 3 December 1999; accepted 3 December 1999

Abstract
Plain acupuncture uses manipulation (rotation or varying the depth of insertion of the needle) to increase its effect. However, in commonly used electroacupunture (EA), variable manipulations have not been used. This study was performed to investigate the possibility of an increase in analgesic effect by adding manipulation to EA. The pain index used was the Tail±Flick latency (TFL) of the rat, which was lightly anesthetized with thiopental sodium (intraperitoneally). Four types of manipulation were used. Rotation and varying the depth of the needle (RN and VN) was employed using two different types of manipulation during each 20 min stimulation of EA. Each manipulation persisted for 1 min out of every 5 min (long - duration and long - interval: LDLI) or 12 s every 1 min (short - duration and short -interval: SDSI). EA produced an increase in TFL; peak value was 49:7 ^ 12:2% of the pre - EA and occurred immediately after cessation of 20 min of EA stimulation. Performing RN or VN combined with EA also increased TFL more than just EA and a greater peak increase in TFL was observed with a SDSI - RN and SDSI - VN as ompared to a LDLI - RN and LDLI - VN(77:5 ^ 13:8, 79:2 ^ 19:8 and 67:3 ^ 14:0%, 65:6 ^ 23:7% of the pre - EA, respectively). These results indicate that manipulation combined with EA produces a more potent antinociception than when only EA is applied.

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