10 February 2023 : Review article
Effect of Acupoint Therapies on Postoperative Sleep Quality: A Narrative Review
Wenxin Wei1E, Xin Huang2E, Junchao Zhu1A*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.938920
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e938920
Table 2 Effect of acupoint stimulation on improvement in factors affecting postoperative sleep quality.
| Classification | Mechanism | Subjects | Acupoint | Acupoint intervention | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvement of pain | Clinical trials | The combination of low frequency and high frequency electroacupuncture stimulation will release a variety of opioid peptides, which has a synergistic effect of inhibiting pain. | Patients with pain points | ST-36 (Zusanli), LI-4 (Hegu) | White A et al []76 | |
| Patients undergoing VATS pneumonectomy | LI-4 (Hegu) PC6 (Neiguan)SI-3 (Houxi) SJ-6 (Zhigou) | Duan Z et al []77 | ||||
| Animal experimental studies | Rats with chronic neuralgia | ST-36 (Zusanli), GB34 (Yanglingquan) | Wang K et al []78 | |||
| Improvement of pain | Animal experimental studies | Incision pain in the thyroid region in rats | LI18 (Futu)LI-4 (Hegu)PC6 (Neiguan)ST-36 (Zusanli), GB34 (Yanglingquan) | Qiao LN et al []79 | ||
| Improvement of surgical stress | Clinical trials | Patients with Laparoscopic radical resection for colorectal cancer | ST-36 (Zusanli)LI-4 (Hegu)PC6 (Neiguan) | Guo J et al []84 | ||
| Animal experimental studies | Liver cancer, gastric cancer and hypodermic tumor rat models were made by implantation of replicated Walker-256 cell strain | ST-36 (Zusanli)LI-4 (Hegu)SP6 (Sanyinjiao) | Electroacupuncture, 2 mA intensity, 2/100 Hz frequency mixing stimulation.once a day, 20 minutes each timeLast 15 days | Lai M et al []87 | ||
| Improvement of postoperative complications | Clinical trials | Patients undergoing surgery after anesthesia | PC6 (Neiguan) | Yang J et al []92 | ||
| Patients undergoing general anesthesia | PC6 (Neiguan)LI-4 (Hegu) | Alizadeh R et al []93 | ||||
| Animal experimental studies | Rats | Takahashi T et al []95 |