The Electrical and Massage Stimulation of the Abdominal Region Altered the Body Weight of Experimental Dietary Obese Rats
10.3777/jjsam.55.123
- VernacularTitle:ラットへの「体幹摩擦刺激」がエネルギー代謝に影響を与えるか―あん摩・マッサージ・指圧（あ・マ・指）療法への適用可能性を探って―
- Author:
Takaaki KOJIMA
;
Hajime OGAWA
;
Takemasa SHIRAISHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dietary induced obes rat;
hyperleptinemia/Ieptin resistance;
electrical/massage stimulation;
body weight reduction
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2005;55(2):123-132
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
[Object and Subjects] We studied the effects of both electrical and massage (frictional) stimulation on the dorsal region (e.g. BL 13, BL21 and BL23) in experimental dietary obese rats for three weeks as a simple obesity model.
[Results] The electrical and massage (frictional) groups showed reduced (p<0.01) body weight compared with non-treated obese rats, the control group. The electrical stimulation group decreased in body weight more than the massage (frictional) stimulation group. Food intake per 100 g of body weight did not differ between the three groups. There was no significant difference in leptin concentration in the blood pre-and poststimulus, but a tendency for it to decrease was seen in the stimulus groups (p=0.074). This might be diagnosed as normalized hyper-leptinemia and /or leptin-resistance.
These results suggest the existence of action mechanisms for weight decrease originating in electrical and mas-sage (frictional) stimulation, which obviously is different from the case of “the auricular acupuncture stimulus”.
[Conclusion] In conclusion, the possibility of a new application of the “ANMA·massage·SHIATSU” treatment was apparent from this result.
