Remote Influences of Acupuncture on the Pain Intensity and the Amplitude Changes of Endplate Noise in the Myofascial Trigger Point of the Upper Trapezius Muscle Li-Wei Chou, MD, Yueh-Ling Hsieh, PT, PhD, Mu-Jung Kao, MD, Chang-Zern Hong, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 90, Issue 6, Pages 905-912 (June 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.020 Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Sham acupuncture performed in this study with an insertion of acupuncture needle into a rubber connector that was firmly taped on the skin. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 905-912DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.020) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Sequences of acupuncture therapy and assessment in the whole course of the experiment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 905-912DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.020) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Searching for EPN and the recorded EPN tracing recorded from the first channel (top right) compared with a control tracing recorded from the second channel (bottom right). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 905-912DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.020) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Remarkable decrease in the pain intensity after acupuncture therapy compared with that after sham-acupuncture therapy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 905-912DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.020) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Serial changes of EPN amplitudes in the whole course of acupuncture and sham-acupuncture therapies. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 90, 905-912DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.020) Copyright © 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions