Introducing Vibro-Acupuncture: A Psychophysical Study
| Autor: | Dennis Boye Larsen, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Tiejun Liu, Zhuxuan Liu, Tanja Kim Jensen, Kelun Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Blinding Acupuncture Therapy Sensation Vibration Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake 0302 clinical medicine Rating scale Acupuncture medicine Humans Single-Blind Method Pain Measurement Cross-Over Studies business.industry Repeated measures design Equipment Design General Medicine Crossover study Healthy Volunteers 030205 complementary & alternative medicine Bonferroni correction Complementary and alternative medicine McGill Pain Questionnaire Physical therapy symbols Female Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Wang, K, Larsen, D B, Jensen, T K, Tiejun, L, Liu, Z & Arendt-Nielsen, L 2016, ' Introducing vibro-acupuncture : a psychophysical study ', Acupuncture in Medicine, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 373-379 . https://doi.org/10.1136/acupmed-2016-011081 |
| ISSN: | 1759-9873 0964-5284 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/acupmed-2016-011081 |
| Popis: | Background/aim To potentially enhance the effects of conventional acupuncture, a novel acu-vibrator (prototype) has been developed to perform vibro-acupuncture (VA). The aim of this psychophysical study was to investigate the subjective sensations of VA compared with conventional manual acupuncture (MA) and non-penetrating sham acupuncture (SA). Methods 30 young healthy volunteers (21 men and 9 women) received VA, MA, and SA at LI4 and LI10 in a randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over manner. After 25 min of treatment, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) acupuncture sensation scale (MASS), McGill pain questionnaire (MPQ), and numerical rating scale (NRS; 0–10) were employed followed by the acupuncture credibility and indication scale. Adverse events were investigated after treatment. Data were analysed using Friedman's test for repeated measures on ranks and post hoc Wilcoxon signed-rank tests with Bonferroni correction. Results The MASS scores were significantly higher during MA and VA compared with SA at both LI4 and LI10 (p0.05). Blinding of participants was achieved for SA and MA; however, VA was correctly identified in 29 of 30 subjects due to the characteristic vibrational stimulation. No serious adverse events were recorded for any of the treatments. Conclusions Subjective sensations were influenced by treatment mode, with MA and VA yielding higher stimulation responses compared with SA. VA evoked specific vibrational sensations beyond MA, which might have specific effects in various disorders. |
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