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KMID : 0615720120290050151
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2012 Volume.29 No. 5 p.151 ~ p.158
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A Study of Quantitative Analysis of Six Basic Reinforcing-reducing Acupunctural Manipulations in Huang di nei jing(黃帝內經) )
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Kim Yu-Jong
Kim Eun-Jung
Shin Kyung-Min
Lee Eun-Sol
Kim Kyung-Ho
Kim Kap-Sung
Lee Seung-Deok
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Abstract
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Objectives : We hypothesized that reinforcing-reducing manipulations produce different effects by quantity of stimulation, and examined whether the difference is statistically significant or not.
Methods : The study was conducted to the students of College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University. We needled into ST36 and applied 6 kinds of basic reinforcing-reducing manipulations in Huang di nei jing by randomized sequence. And we had the students to fill up the questionnaire in form of visual analog scale(VAS). We examined whether significant differences in VAS existed between reinforcing-reducing manipulations(by t-test). And we examined whether significant differences in VDRRT(VAS difference between reinforcing-reducing technique) values existed along the gender, body mass index(BMI), age(by t-test), and psychological sensitivity(by ANOVA).
Results : 1. The total stimulation quantity from reducing technique was significantly higher than that from reinforcing technique. Individually VAS values of reducing techniques were significantly higher in rotation, slow-rapid, lift-thrust, respiration and open-close manipulation. 2. The highest stimulation quantity was from rotation manipulation. And the highest VDRRT value was from slow-rapid manipulation. 3. When VDRRT values were analyzed by gender, age, BMI, and psychological sensitivity, VDRRT was significantly different by BMI in rotation manipulation, and by psychological sensitivity in rotation, lift-thrust, and slow-rapid manipulation.
Conclusions : We could verify that reinforcing-reducing techniques induce different therapeutic effects by different quantities of stimulations. It suggests that reinforcing-reducing techniques could be applied universally, regardless of gender or age. Further studies are needed to consider control group, or patient groups in characteristic conditions.
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KEYWORD
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acupuncture therapy , reinforcing-reducing manipulation , visual analog scale
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