This concept may be important in chronic pain and fibromyalgia. I am starting to wonder if it explains the phenomenon that I sometimes see in the clinic, that patients need less and less stimulation for clinical response. Indeed, sometimes
They use salivary cortisol and IgA to track efficacy of acupuncture for shoulder pain. Nice! Multivariate quantification of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment in combination with questionnaire and salivary stress markers. Yakugaku Zasshi. 2014;134(5):655-63Matzno S1, Ikeda C, Watanabe K, Nakamura R,
No real surprise with this study’s results but nice to have large studies that confirm my own findings. They measured High Frequency (HF) HRV as their parameter. Also, a good reference for my journal article that I WILL finish today. 😉 Psychosom Med.
