Welcome to the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) website - a hub for Asian medicine researchers, practitioners, teachers, students, patients and supporters. SAR’s mission is to promote, advance and disseminate scientific inquiry into Oriental medicine systems, which include acupuncture, herbal therapy and other modalities. SAR’s leadership and members value quantitative and qualitative research addressing clinical efficacy, physiological mechanisms, patterns of use and theoretical foundations.
Our next international conference will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 18-21, 2013. SAR conferences facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue, catalyze scientific inquiry, highlight the current state-of-the-art research in acupuncture and Asian medicine, and disseminate the most recent acupuncture research findings. Click here for a PDF version of the Call for Abstracts (abstract submission deadline is September 10, 2012).
Fertil Steril. 2011 Dec 7
Effects of acupuncture and exercise on insulin sensitivity, adipose tissue characteristics, and markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial.
Stener-Victorin E, Baghaei F, Holm G, Janson PO, Olivecrona G, Lönn M, Mannerås-Holm L. PMID: 22154367
DESCRIPTION:
Acupuncture with manual and electrical stimulation and physical exercise has been shown to improve hyperandrogenism and menstrual bleeding pattern in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This is secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial investigating possible effects of low-frequency electro-acupuncture (EA) and physical exercise on markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis, insulin sensitivity, and adipose tissue characteristics in women with PCOS. Low-frequency EA, but not exercise at the dose/intensity studied, counteracted a possible prothrombotic state in women with PCOS, as reflected by a decrease in plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) activity.
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