Symposium Research on Acupuncture and Moxibustion in the Sports Field / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

Lately, many people from children to elderly people are playing sports. Society is in need of safer and more comfortable sporting environment, not only for competitive sports, but also for recreational sports. The themes of acupuncture and moxibustion of the field of sports are treatments of sports injuries, keeping the physical condition of the athlete, preventing life-style related diseases and competition performance improvement of the athletes. At this symposium, we reported the present conditions of the study of sports acupuncture and moxibustion. It is summarized as follows<BR> 1) Press tack needles relieve muscle fatigue that occurs during a long-term training camp,<BR> 2) Acupuncture inhibits the fall of the immune function resulting from high extreme exercise,<BR> 3) Electroacupuncture can relieve disused muscle atrophy of mice,<BR> 4) Press tack needles are effective in acute muscle fatigue and delayed onset muscle soreness, and<BR> 5) The M-Test is effective in estimating performance improvement and preventing sports injuries.