Effect of Acupuncture on Timeliness of Male Shoulder Joint Endurance

I-Lin Wang, Rui Hu, Yi-Ming Chen, Che-Hsiu Chen, Jun Wang and Chun-Sheng Ho
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I-Lin Wang: College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Rui Hu: Graduate Institute, Jilin Sports University, Changchun 130022, China
Yi-Ming Chen: College of Physical Education, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China
Che-Hsiu Chen: Department of Sport Performance, National Taiwan University of Sport, Taichung City 41354, Taiwan
Jun Wang: Graduate Institute, Jilin Sports University, Changchun 130022, China
Chun-Sheng Ho: Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Lo-Hsu Medical Foundation, Inc., Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yilan City 26546, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-12

Abstract: Acupuncture as a traditional and commonly used treatment has been used to improve the performance of athletes. In the improvement of female shoulder joint explosive force and muscle endurance also has an immediate effect. However, whether the effect of acupuncture therapy can be maintained after improving athletic performance still worth further discussion. The purpose of this study was to explore the timeless of the physical neurophysiological response induced by acupuncture at specific acupoints in improving endurance performance. Seventeen healthy male participants completed six groups of shoulder joint isokinetic exercises. The isokinetic exercise completed in the first group was taken as the baseline. After acupuncture for 15 min, the following 5 isokinetic experiments were completed. Acupuncture acupoints included Binao (LI14), Jianliao (SJ14), Naohui (SJ13), Zhongfu (LU1), Xiabai (LU4), Tianfu (LU3) and Xiaoluo (SJ12). The results show that acupuncture can improve physical performance for 10–20 min. After acupuncture, the maximum torque, average power, average work and total work values significantly increased ( p < 0.05). Stimulation of acupoints can effectively improve the performance of periarticular muscle endurance around the shoulder, but this improvement is limited by time.

Keywords: acupoints; post-activation potentiation; De Qi; torque; strength duration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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