Is There a Difference between the Effects of Single and Triple Indirect Moxibustion Stimulations on Skin Temperature Changes of the Posterior Trunk Surface?
| Autor: | Hiroshi Kuge, Hideo Ohsawa, Tim Hideaki Tanaka, Hidetoshi Mori, Eiichi Taniwaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Hot Temperature Adolescent Moxibustion Visual analogue scale medicine.medical_treatment Stimulation Young Adult Lumbar Acupuncture medicine Humans Thermosensing Pain Measurement Back Cross-Over Studies business.industry General Medicine Trunk Crossover study Surgery Complementary and alternative medicine Thermography Acupuncture point Neurology (clinical) Skin Temperature business Nuclear medicine Acupuncture Points |
| Zdroj: | Acupuncture in Medicine. 29:116-121 |
| ISSN: | 1759-9873 0964-5284 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/aim.2010.002741 |
| Popis: | Objectives To determine whether any difference exists in responses to indirect moxibustion (IM) relative to thermal stimulation duration. Methods In experiment 1, 9 subjects attended two experimental sessions consisting of single stimulation with IM or triple stimulation with IM, using a crossover design. A K-type thermocouple temperature probe was fixed on the skin surface at the GV14 acupuncture point. IM stimulation was administered to the top of the probe in order to measure the temperature curve. In addition, each subject evaluated his or her subjective feeling of heat on a visual analogue scale after each stimulation. Experiment 2 was conducted on 42 participants, divided into three groups according to the envelope allocation method: single stimulation with IM (n=20), triple stimulation with IM (n=11) and a control group (n=11). A thermograph was used to obtain the skin temperature on the posterior trunk of the participant. To analyse skin temperature, four arbitrary frames (the scapular, interscapular, lumbar and vertebral regions) were made on the posterior trunk. Result In experiment 1, no significant difference in maximum temperature was found in IM and subjective feeling of heat intensity between single and triple stimulation with IM. In experiment 2, increases in skin temperature occurred on the posterior trunk, but no differences in skin temperature occurred between the groups receiving single and triple stimulation with IM. Conclusion No difference exists in the skin temperature response to moxibustion between the single and triple stimulation with IM. |
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