EDITORIAL: PAIN THRESHOLD MEASUREMENT BEFORE AND AFTER ACUPUNCTURE: CONTROVERSIAL RESULTS OF RADIANT HEAT METHOD AND ELECTRICAL METHOD, AND THE ROLES OF ACTH-LIKE SUBSTANCES AND ENDORPHINS
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research
- Vol. 3 (1) , 1-21
- https://doi.org/10.3727/036012978817553267
Abstract
Previous studies on the measurement of pain tnreshold by the thermal method often failed to detect any significant increase in pain threshold by acupuncture, even in the presence of relief from clinical pain by the patient, while pain threshold measurement made by the electrical method often detected significant increase in pain threshold following acupuncture. The author postulated possible mechanisms to explain these conflicting findings on the effects of acupuncture. Positive and negative aspects of endorphin involvement in reference to these contradictory findings were discussed.Keywords
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