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Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients
Background. Acupuncture has been reported to affect the human autonomic system. Within this pilot study, teleacupuncture between China and Austria is used for the first time for quantifying the effects of heart rate variability (HRV) in poststroke rehabilitation. Methods. In 29 Chinese post-stroke p...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21754943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/782489 |
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author | Wang, Lu Valentini, Jan Sugimoto, Kazuo Cheng, Weiping Cheng, Guangyu Geng, Haoming Gaischek, Ingrid Kuang, Haixue Litscher, Gerhard |
author_facet | Wang, Lu Valentini, Jan Sugimoto, Kazuo Cheng, Weiping Cheng, Guangyu Geng, Haoming Gaischek, Ingrid Kuang, Haixue Litscher, Gerhard |
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description | Background. Acupuncture has been reported to affect the human autonomic system. Within this pilot study, teleacupuncture between China and Austria is used for the first time for quantifying the effects of heart rate variability (HRV) in poststroke rehabilitation. Methods. In 29 Chinese post-stroke patients (15 f, 14 m; mean age ± SD 64.7 ± 11.3 years; range 40–80 years) electrocardiographic signals before, during, and after acupuncture at the acupoint Tongli (HT 5) were recorded in Harbin and analyzed in Graz using teleacupuncture via internet. HRV data were analyzed in the time and frequency domain, and a protocol from Austria was sent to the team in China immediately after the treatment and recording session. Results. Acupuncture does not change heart rate in the post-stroke patients; however, total HRV increased significantly (P < .05) during and 5–10 minutes after acupuncture. In addition, balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic activity (low frequency/high frequency HRV ratio) changes markedly during treatment. Conclusions. Based on innovative HRV analysis, it could be demonstrated that teleacupuncture between China/Harbin and Austria/Graz over a distance of about 8,500 km is no longer a future vision; it has become reality. |
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spelling | pubmed-31328892011-07-13 Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients Wang, Lu Valentini, Jan Sugimoto, Kazuo Cheng, Weiping Cheng, Guangyu Geng, Haoming Gaischek, Ingrid Kuang, Haixue Litscher, Gerhard Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article Background. Acupuncture has been reported to affect the human autonomic system. Within this pilot study, teleacupuncture between China and Austria is used for the first time for quantifying the effects of heart rate variability (HRV) in poststroke rehabilitation. Methods. In 29 Chinese post-stroke patients (15 f, 14 m; mean age ± SD 64.7 ± 11.3 years; range 40–80 years) electrocardiographic signals before, during, and after acupuncture at the acupoint Tongli (HT 5) were recorded in Harbin and analyzed in Graz using teleacupuncture via internet. HRV data were analyzed in the time and frequency domain, and a protocol from Austria was sent to the team in China immediately after the treatment and recording session. Results. Acupuncture does not change heart rate in the post-stroke patients; however, total HRV increased significantly (P < .05) during and 5–10 minutes after acupuncture. In addition, balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic activity (low frequency/high frequency HRV ratio) changes markedly during treatment. Conclusions. Based on innovative HRV analysis, it could be demonstrated that teleacupuncture between China/Harbin and Austria/Graz over a distance of about 8,500 km is no longer a future vision; it has become reality. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3132889/ /pubmed/21754943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/782489 Text en Copyright © 2011 Lu Wang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Wang, Lu Valentini, Jan Sugimoto, Kazuo Cheng, Weiping Cheng, Guangyu Geng, Haoming Gaischek, Ingrid Kuang, Haixue Litscher, Gerhard Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients |
title | Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients |
title_full | Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients |
title_fullStr | Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients |
title_short | Biomedical Teleacupuncture between China and Austria Using Heart Rate Variability, Part 1: Poststroke Patients |
title_sort | biomedical teleacupuncture between china and austria using heart rate variability, part 1: poststroke patients |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21754943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/782489 |
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