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Effects of Auricular Acupuncture on Heart Rate, Oxygen Consumption and Blood Lactic Acid for Elite Basketball Athletes

Department of Holistic Wellness, MingDao University, Taiwan

Z.-P. Lin contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.

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Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, Taiwan

Y.-H. Chen contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.

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Department of Holistic Wellness, MingDao University, Taiwan

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Graduate Institute of Sports Coaching Science, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

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Lawrence W. Lan

Department of Television and Internet, Marketing Management, Ta Hwa Institute of Technology, Taiwan

L.W. Lan contributed equally to this work as co-correspondence authors.

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Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine Science, China Medical University, Taiwan

Correspondence to: Dr. J.-G. Lin, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan. Tel: (+886) 4-2205-3366 (ext. 3311).

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X11009457Cited by:20 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of auricular acupuncture on athletes' recovery abilities after exercise. Subjects were selected from twenty-four male elite university basketball players, randomly divided into two groups: auricular acupuncture group (AAG), and normal control group (NCG), each group containing twelve subjects. Auricular acupuncture was experimented to each AAG athlete while no auricular acupuncture was conducted to each NCG athlete. Each subject in both groups performed a ride on the stationary bike until exhausted. The data of heart rate (HR_max), oxygen consumption (VO_{2 max}), and blood lactic acid were measured at four points of time: during the rest period after warm-ups and at the 5th, 30th and 60th minutes post-exercise, respectively. One-way ANOVA and repeated Scheffé methods were used to test the differences of the data between these two groups. The results showed that both HR_max and blood lactic acid in AAG were significantly lower than those in NCG at the 30th and 60th minutes post-exercise. This suggests that auricular acupuncture can enhance athletes' recovery abilities after aggressive exercise.

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