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Key clinical point: Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation (TEA) at the ST36 and PC6 acupuncture points improved symptoms of constipation and abdominal pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C).
Major finding: The number of complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBM) per week during the fourth week of treatment was significantly higher in the TEA vs sham-TEA group (3.5 ± 1.6 vs 2.3 ± 0.6; P = .002), with 44.0% vs 4.2% of patients reporting ≥3 CSBM/week (P = .001). TEA led to significant improvements in visual analog scale pain score (P = .002) and IBS-Severity Scoring System score (P = .025).
Study details: Findings are from a randomized controlled trial including 52 patients with IBS-C who were randomly assigned to receive either TEA or sham-TEA daily for 4 weeks.
Disclosures: This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Zhejiang Medical and Health Science and Technology Project. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Huang Z et al. Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation improves irritable bowel syndrome with constipation by accelerating colon transit and reducing rectal sensation via autonomic mechanisms. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 (Jun 17). Doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001882
Key clinical point: Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation (TEA) at the ST36 and PC6 acupuncture points improved symptoms of constipation and abdominal pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C).
Major finding: The number of complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBM) per week during the fourth week of treatment was significantly higher in the TEA vs sham-TEA group (3.5 ± 1.6 vs 2.3 ± 0.6; P = .002), with 44.0% vs 4.2% of patients reporting ≥3 CSBM/week (P = .001). TEA led to significant improvements in visual analog scale pain score (P = .002) and IBS-Severity Scoring System score (P = .025).
Study details: Findings are from a randomized controlled trial including 52 patients with IBS-C who were randomly assigned to receive either TEA or sham-TEA daily for 4 weeks.
Disclosures: This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Zhejiang Medical and Health Science and Technology Project. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Huang Z et al. Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation improves irritable bowel syndrome with constipation by accelerating colon transit and reducing rectal sensation via autonomic mechanisms. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 (Jun 17). Doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001882
Key clinical point: Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation (TEA) at the ST36 and PC6 acupuncture points improved symptoms of constipation and abdominal pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C).
Major finding: The number of complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBM) per week during the fourth week of treatment was significantly higher in the TEA vs sham-TEA group (3.5 ± 1.6 vs 2.3 ± 0.6; P = .002), with 44.0% vs 4.2% of patients reporting ≥3 CSBM/week (P = .001). TEA led to significant improvements in visual analog scale pain score (P = .002) and IBS-Severity Scoring System score (P = .025).
Study details: Findings are from a randomized controlled trial including 52 patients with IBS-C who were randomly assigned to receive either TEA or sham-TEA daily for 4 weeks.
Disclosures: This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Zhejiang Medical and Health Science and Technology Project. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Huang Z et al. Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation improves irritable bowel syndrome with constipation by accelerating colon transit and reducing rectal sensation via autonomic mechanisms. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 (Jun 17). Doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001882