In-Myong Chung, Youn-Sub Kim, Yun-Hee Sung, Sung-Eun Kim, Il-Gyu Ko, Mal-Soon Shin, Hi-Joon Park, Dae-Hyun Ham, Hye-Jung Lee, Ki-Jeong Kim, Sang-Won Lee, Yong-Seok Jee, Khae-Hawn Kim, Chang-Ju Kim
Stress urinary incontinence leads to the involuntary loss of urine during abdominal strain caused by sneezing, laughing, and coughing. Acupuncture has been widely used for the treatment and prevention of a variety of diseases in traditional medicine. Acupuncture has also been used to relieve the symptoms of functional disorders of the lower urinary tract. In the present study, we investigated the effect of acupuncture at the Sanyinjiao (SP6) acupoint on stress urinary incontinence in rats. The present results showed that abdominal leak point pressure was decreased in rats with stress urinary incontinence, while acupuncture at the SP6 acupoint significantly enhanced the abdominal leak point pressure...
July 4, 2008: Neuroscience Letters