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KMID : 0644120130260040094
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology
2013 Volume.26 No. 4 p.94 ~ p.106
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Analysis of DITI, HRV about the Effect of Far Infrared Radiation Applied to Whole Body(‘On-tong Therapy’)
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Kim Min-Young
Ahn Ji-Yoon
Choi Seok-Young
Hwang Deok-Sang
Lee Jin-Moo
Jang Jun-Bock
Lee Kyung-Sub
Lee Chang-Hoon
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to find the effect of Far Infrared Radiation (FIR) about improvement of chief complaints and health state.
Methods: For this study we evaluated thermographic images, heart rate variability (HRV), visual analogue scale (VAS) score of 34 patients with various diseases. Tests were done two times, before and after treatments and we compared the test results. We used the temperature difference between CV12 and CV4, both sides of PC8, LR3 for recognizing improvement of blood circulation. We analyzed the change of complexity, stability of autonomic nervous system (ANS) by HRV test. The patients were asked to fill out questionnaire about the severity of symptoms by VAS score. Analyses were undertaken using SPSS ver.12.0.1 and p-value of < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Statistical analysis shows that Far Infrared Radiation (FIR) had significant efficiency in increasing surface temperature and reducing VAS pain scores. In heart rate variability (HRV) test, LF/HF ratio showed tends to improve.
Conclusions: The application of an FIR to whole body appears to alleviate various complaints of patients.
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KEYWORD
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Far Infrared Radiation, Digital Infrared Thermal Image (DITI), Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Visual Analogue Scale score
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