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Electrical Skin Impedance At Acupuncture Points, Sean Pearson, Agatha P. Colbert, James Mcnames, Meggan Baumgartner, Richard Hammerschlag
Electrical Skin Impedance At Acupuncture Points, Sean Pearson, Agatha P. Colbert, James Mcnames, Meggan Baumgartner, Richard Hammerschlag
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Objective: To test whether electrical skin impedance at each of three acupuncture points (APs) is significantly lower than at nearby sites on the meridian (MP) and off the meridian (NP). Design: Two instruments—Prognos (MedPrevent GmbH, Waldershof, Germany), a constant-current (DC) device, and PT Probe (designed for this study), a 100-Hz sinusoidal-current (AC) device—were used to record electrical impedance at three APs (right Gallbladder 14, right Pericardium 8, and left Triple Energizer 1), and two control sites for each AP. Each AP, MP, and NP was measured four times in random order with each device. Setting: The study was conducted over …