Preliminary EEG Based Analysis of Few Acupoints Used in the Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment

摘要

In order to uncover the acupuncture mechanism in the pain removal, the paper's aim is to reveal specific changes in the EEG brain response to the acupuncture stimulation in three points (ST36, UB25 and DU3) specific to the chronic low back pain (CLBP) treatment. Seven young, right handed and acupuncture naive subjects have been tested with a 64-ch EEG equipment. The data have been off line processed and statistically analyzed. The comparison between the results for different testing periods was statistically significant (p<0.05) and led to the conclusion that acupuncture stimulation in the selected acupoints generates an increased power of all spectral bands, especially for ST36 and DU3. This preliminary study has to be extended on a wider subjects population, allowing comparing results with the ones get from a sham-acupuncture control group.