Influence of acupuncture on biochemical parameters in exercise-induced fatigue rats
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Influence of acupuncture on biochemical parameters in exercise-induced fatigue rats
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2012), Hong-lin, Li
Abstract
Objective: To observe the effect of acupuncture on some biochemical parameters in rats with exercise-induced fatigue and to explore the mechanism of acupuncture for exercise fatigue. Methods: The rat model of chronic exercise-induced fatigue was established by a 4-week increasing swimming training method. The rats were randomly divided into a control group, a model group, a scalp acupoint group, and a body acupoint group. Preventive acupuncture methods were used. Changes of exhaustive swimming time, whole blood lactic acid (LA), creatine kinase (CK), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), hemoglobin (Hb) and free tryptophan/branched chain amino acid (F-TRP/BCAA) of rats in each group before and after treatments were observed. Results: Compared with the body acupoint group, there were obvious advantages of the scalp point group in increasing Hb levels and lowering BUN and LA levels (P<0.05), as well as in aspects of lowering CK and F-TRP/BCAA levels (P<0.01). Conclusion: Scalp point acupuncture can improve the biochemical parameters in rats with exercise-induced fatigue, meanwhile, decrease the F-TRP/BCAA level, inhibit the 5-HT producing, and improve the rats’ fatigue consequently.
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci
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English
issn
1672-3597
issue
5
page end
280
page start
277
volume
10