ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE OF LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE IN ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 本研究的主要目的是比较与胆、肾、肺经相关的结缔组织平面的阻抗与邻近肌肉组织对照的阻抗。假设与经络相关的结缔组织平面与肌肉组织对照相比具有较低的电阻抗。第二个目的是寻找性别、年龄或水合状态与结缔组织或肌肉平面上的电阻抗变化有关的证据。假设是男性在结缔组织平面上的电阻抗比女性低；结缔组织和肌肉平面上的电阻抗随年龄而不同；水分状态与这两个组织部位的电阻抗较低有关。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The primary aim of this study is to compare the electrical impedence of connective tissue planes associated with the Gall-Bladder, Kidney, and Lung Meridian to the impedance of adjacent muscle tissue controls. The hypothesis is that the meridian-associated connective tissue planes have lower electrical impedance compared to muscle tissue controls. The secondary aim is to look for evidence that sex, age or hydration status, are associated with variations in electrical impedance along connective tissue or muscle planes. The hypothesis is that men possess lower electrical impedance at connective tissue planes compared to women; electrical impedance at both connective tissue and muscle planes do not differ with age; a hydrated state is associated with lower electrical impedance at both tissue sites.