Research Progress in Sports Fatigue Prevented and Treated by Acupuncture

• Published in: Journal of acupuncture and tuina science Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 123 - 128
• Main Author: 孙德利 张琰 陈大隆
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian 01.04.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Literature Review; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; 运动医学; 针刺疗法; R246.2; 灸法; 运动医学; Moxibustion; Sports Medicine; 针刺疗法; Fatigue; Review; 综述; Acupuncture Therapy; 疲劳
• ISSN: 1672-3597; 1993-0399
• DOI: 10.1007/s11726-009-0123-7

Objective To analyze the literature on clinical and experimental studies of sports fatigues treated and prevented by acupuncture therapy and understand the current status about acupuncture therapy for eliminating sports fatigue. Method By the method to analyze the literature, the literature on treatment of sports fatigue in the recent 20 years was summarized and analyzed. Results and Conclusion Acupuncture therapy is able to eliminate free radicals, resist lipid peroxidation, prevent dysfunction of the motor hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis, reduce the creatine kinase content, and lower lactic acid concentration, so as to play an important role in the elimination of sports fatigue and improvement of athletic ability of the body. But, traditional acupuncture therapy will cause minor injury to the human body, it is necessary to popularize the painless acupuncture therapy, and explore the functional mechanism of acupuncture therapy in the treatment and prevention of sport fatigue by multiple channels in the future.