AL - Acupuncture and myofascial trigger points, Part II - Joseph Audette, MD Quiz

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Examples of how active (tight, painful, sensitive) points on the body may relate to internal organ dysfunction are
- Lu1 & Bl13 (lung mu/shu points) tightens with lung dysfunction and are tender with bronchitis or GB 38 (fire point) Bl 19 (gallbladder shu point) with Gallbladder dysfunction
- When the Spleen invades the Liver and leads to diarrhea.
- When activation of A-delta fibers causes headaches when incorrectly applying acupuncture stimulation
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What are key physiological events that can lead to an Active Point in acupuncture
- Neurogenic Inflammation
- Dorsal Horn Reflexes
- Two way communication of sensory afferents
- All of the above
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Acupuncture stimulation that reaches the depth of the muscle sensory afferents may have different effects on altering Central Neuromodulation because
- The muscle afferents preferentially end on Lamina 2 stimulation of large nerve fibers can act to inhibit the sensory input of unmyelinated nerve fibers according to the Gate Theory
- The muscle afferents preferentially end on lamina IV and V which are where the Wide Dynamic Range Neurons lie that have convergent input from viscera, joints, ligaments and so on
- The muscle afferents have the same representation on the dorsal horn lamina as do the cutaneous sensory afferents
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In response to illness all are true except which of the following
- A pool of trigger points/acupoints become active that often follow acupuncture meridians and Organ reflection points that relate to TCM theory
- A reversal of alpha-motor neuron activation
- Sensitivity increases at reflection points of the internal organs (shu and mu points).
- The pulse quality can change
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