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Pengaruh Akupunktur Manual terhadap Jumlah Neutrofil Darah pada Pria Tidak Terlatih yang Melakukan Exercise Intensitas Sedang = Effect of Manual Acupuncture on Blood Neutrophil Counts in Untrained Men After Moderate Intensity Exercise

Latihan fisik, walaupun memiliki efek menguntungkan, dapat menyebabkan kerusakan otot dan mencetuskan respon inflamasi, yang tampak melalui peningkatan neutrofil dalam darah. Akupunktur merupakan salah satu modalitas terapi yang diharapkan dapat menurunkan respon inflamasi akut akibat latihan fisik. Tiga puluh pria tidak terlatih dibagi secara acak ke dalam dua kelompok, kelompok akupunktur manual (n = 15) mendapat stimulasi titik akupunktur ST36 dan SP6 bilateral dengan insersi jarum, sedangkan kelompok plasebo (n = 15) mendapat penusukan jarum di plester tanpa menembus kulit. Terapi dilakukan satu kali selama 30 menit segera setelah subyek selesai melakukan exercise. Jumlah neutrofil darah dinilai sebelum exercise dan satu jam setelah exercise berakhir. Hasilnya terdapat perbedaan bermakna secara statistik selisih jumlah neutrofil sebelum dan sesudah exercise antara kelompok akupunktur manual dan kelompok plasebo (0,08 ± 0,906 dan 0,97 ± 0,702, p = 0,006). Terapi akupunktur secara efektif mampu mengatasi respon inflamasi akut yang dicetuskan latihan fisik.
Kata kunci: latihan fisik, respon inflamasi akut, jumlah neutrofil darah, akupunktur



Exercise, even though it has a beneficial effect, can cause muscle damage and trigger inflammatory responses, which appear through increased neutrophils in blood. Acupuncture is one of therapeutic modalities expected to reduce acute inflammatory responses due to exercise. Thirty untrained men were divided randomly into two groups, manual acupuncture group (n = 15) received stimulation at acupoints ST36 and SP6 bilateral by needles insertion, while placebo group (n = 15) received insertion of needles on plaster without penetrating the skin. Therapy is done once for 30 minutes immediately after the subjects completed the exercise. Blood neutrophil counts were assessed before exercise and one hour after exercise ends. The result shows there is statistically significant difference in mean different of number of neutrophils before and after exercise between manual acupuncture group and placebo group (0,08 ± 0,906 and 0,97 ± 0,702, p = 0,006). Acupuncture therapy effectively mitigate the acute inflammatory response triggered by exercise.
Keywords: exercise, acute inflammatory responses, blood neutrophil counts, acupuncture