Is Commercially Available Point Finder Accurate and Reliable in Detecting Active Auricular Acupuncture Points?
| Autor: | Eric C. Lin, Peggy DeZinno, Inna Maranets, Shu-Ming Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Musculoskeletal pain medicine.medical_specialty Acupuncture Ear Young Adult Auricular acupuncture Acupuncture Humans Medicine In patient Ear External Skin Neck pain Neck Pain business.industry Commerce Reproducibility of Results Original Articles Middle Aged Low back pain Surgery stomatognathic diseases Complementary and alternative medicine Female Radiology medicine.symptom business Skin conductance Acupuncture Points Low Back Pain Blinded study |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 18:860-863 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7708 1075-5535 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/acm.2011.0356 |
| Popis: | This study was done to determine the specificity and sensitivity of a commercial Pointer Plus (Point finder) in detecting a region of low skin resistance on the ear.This was a prospective blinded study.The study was done at the Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT.The subjects were men and women who work at Yale New Haven Hospital.There were no interventions.Correlations were made between self-reported musculoskeletal pain and the detection of low skin resistance on the ear.The positive predictive value for Pointer Plus detecting low skin resistance correlating to the neck region of French auricular map is 0.76 (76%). The positive predictive value for Pointer Plus to detect low skin resistance area correlating to the low back region of French auricular map is 0.25. The positive predictive value for Pointer Plus in detecting any low in skin resistance on the external auricles in patients who complained of more than two musculoskeletal pains is 0.29.The specificity and sensitivity of a commercial Pointer Plus (point finder) in detecting a region of low skin resistance on the ear being unreliable, depending on the correlating area based on a published auricular map. Additional assessments are needed to support the clinical practice. |
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