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- Title
Noneffect of Manual Needle Acupuncture on Experimental Pain Parameters in Healthy Young Men.
- Authors
Micalos, Peter S.; Sok Cheon Pak
- Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of manual acupuncture on experimental pain parameters in healthy participants. Design: The experimental design was a repeated-measures, three-group pre- and postprocedure. All subjects participated in a control, sham, and acupuncture procedure, separated by 1 week, in a counterbalanced sequence to forestall an order effect. Settings/location: Data were collected in a laboratory environment. Subjects: The participants included 12 healthy young men (mean age 21.3 ± 2.6 years; height 183.8 ± 5 cm; weight 77.7 ± 9.5 kg). Interventions: The control procedure comprised assessing the experimental pain parameters before and after a quiet rest for 20 minutes. The sham procedure was performed with the needle inserted bilaterally 1-1.5 cm outside each acupoint. The manual acupuncture procedure was performed at two bilateral acupoints of LI-4 (Large Intestine 4, Hegu) and ST-44 (Stomach 44, Nei Ting). Outcome measures: Pain parameters assessed included the pain threshold, nociceptive reflex threshold, and nociceptive reflex amplitude. Results: Repeated-measures analysis of variance between pre- and postcontrol, sham, and acupuncture procedures for pain threshold, nociceptive reflex threshold, and nociceptive reflex amplitude revealed no significant difference. Conclusions: Manual acupuncture at bilateral acupoints LI-4 and ST-44 did not show a change in pain threshold, nociceptive flexion reflex threshold, or the nociceptive reflex amplitude in healthy participants.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE points; ALTERNATIVE medicine; ANALYSIS of variance; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOPHYSICS; CLINICAL trials; CROSSOVER trials; SIMULATION methods in education; RESEARCH methodology; PAIN; REFLEXES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL power analysis; PAIN tolerance; PRE-tests &; post-tests; REPEATED measures design; BLIND experiment
- Publication
Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
1075-5535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/acm.2010.0040