Autor según el artículo: Alvarez-Prats D; Carvajal-Fernández O; Valera Garrido F; Pecos-Martín D; García-Godino A; Santafe M; Medina-Mirapeix F

Departamento: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

Autor/es de la URV: Santafé Martínez, Manuel

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Resumen: © 2019 D. Álvarez-Prats et al. Aims. To evaluate the presence of perforating cutaneous vessels (PCV) in different lower limb acupuncture points (AP) using thermography. Material and Methods. An analytical cross-sectional study was performed on the two lower limbs (n=6) of volunteer subjects. In total, 144 AP and 144 control points (CP) were analysed, one for each AP. First, the AP and CP were located on each individual. Subsequently, both the real and thermographic images were created. In the real images, the location of the AP and the established CP were highlighted with boxes. FLIR Tools Plus and Physio Thermal Imaging software were used to merge the real image with the AP and the CP and to merge the thermographic image with the PCV. By superimposing both images, we were able to verify the presence of PCV among the AP and CP. Results. PCV were identified in 87.5% of the 144 AP examined and in 18.1% of the respective CP. All the AP had a higher percentage of PCV compared to their respective CP, with statistically significant differences in all points, except for ST33 and ST34. The probability of finding PCV in AP was 11 times higher than the probability of not finding it. Discussion. Thermography may serve as a useful tool in the assessment and treatment of patients using acupuncture. The presence of PCV in the area of the acupuncture needle insertion could partially influence the effects generated by the acupuncture technique from the vascular autonomic point of view. Conclusions. There is a high proportion of PCV in the AP area located in the lower limb.

Áreas temáticas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Odontología Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Integrative & complementary medicine Farmacia Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Economia Complementary and alternative medicine Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1741427X

Direcció de correo del autor: manuel.santafe@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-5462-5108

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-18

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2019/7126439/

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Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Evidence-Based Complementary And Alternative Medicine. 2019 (7126439): 7126439-

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Alvarez-Prats D; Carvajal-Fernández O; Valera Garrido F; Pecos-Martín D; García-Godino A; Santafe M; Medina-Mirapeix F (2019). Acupuncture Points and Perforating Cutaneous Vessels Identified Using Infrared Thermography: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study. Evidence-Based Complementary And Alternative Medicine, 2019(7126439), 7126439-. DOI: 10.1155/2019/7126439

DOI del artículo: 10.1155/2019/7126439

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2019

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications