Anti-Inflammatory and Wound Healing Effect of Acupuncture in Treating Phonotraumatic Vocal Fold Pathologies

Speech-Language Pathology Session 2BConference Theme: Care of the Professional VoiceBackground: Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in bringing about improvements in benign vocal lesions and vocal function (Yiu et al., 2006). The underlying biological mechanism of acupuncture in the treatment of benign vocal pathologies is not fully understood yet. The improvement is, however, not a result of stress reduction that is often attributed to acupuncture (Kwong & Yiu, 2010). Objective: This study set out to investigate whether acupuncture would influence the anti-inflammatory process in vocal fold lesion healing ...published_or_final_versio

A preliminary study of the effect of acupuncture on emotional stress in female dysphonic speakers

This study investigated the effect of acupuncture on emotional stress in subjects with phonotraumatic injuries. This study used a prospective randomized, placebo-controlled group design. The independent variable included the types of acupuncture (genuine vs sham) and the sampling time points (two pre-needling, one in the midway of needling, and two post-needling measurements). The dependent variable was the concentration of cortisol obtained from subjects' saliva samples. Eighteen female subjects with phonotraumatic injuries were randomized to receive either genuine or sham acupuncture at the same acupoints during a 30-minute session. Saliva samples were collected from each subject at 10 minutes pre-needling, immediately pre-needling, mid-needling, immediately postneedling, and 10 minutes post-needling time points. The findings suggested that the subjects' salivary cortisol concentration did not reduce after acupuncture, and thus, acupuncture may not be able to reduce the emotional stress level in female dysphonic speakers.link_to_subscribed_fulltex

The Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Phonotraumatic injuries: A Randomized-Controlled Trial

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The Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Benign Vocal Pathologies: Preliminary Study

Theme: Care of the Professional Voic

The application of acupuncture to different types of phonotraumatic lesions

Free Presentations: Voice - FP29.5SUMMARY: In this paper, the use of acupuncture for voice disorders will be explained from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective. The methodology and results of a randomized controlled trial on a standardized acupuncture protocol for different types of phonotraumatic lesions will be described and discussed. The clinical implications of acupuncture for voice disorders will also be discussed. LEARNER OUTCOMES: The Participant will be able to explain the use of acupuncture for voice disorders from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective; and, discuss the treatment effect of acupuncture for different types of phonoatraumatic lesions.The 28th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatics (IALP), Athens, Greece, 22-26 August 2010