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KMID : 0895820040140040001
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2004 Volume.14 No. 4 p.1 ~ p.10
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Thermographic Study on Skin Temperature o f Yin and Yang Meridians in Hemiplegic Patients
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Kim Min-Su
Seo Jung-Chul
Park Chi-Sang
Chang Woo-Seok
Lee So-Yeon
Lee In-Seon
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Abstract
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Objectives: Asymmetrical skin temperatures reflecting vasomotor autonomic dysregulation have been described in stroke patients. This study was designed to investigate the difference of skin temperature between Yin and Yang meridians in hemiplegic patients.
Methods: Skin temperature was measured at 10 acupoints(Yin meridian : HT8, PC6, L5, SP9, SP6, Yang meridian : LI4, SJ5, LI11, ST36, GB39) of 5 sites(hand, forearm, elbow, knee, leg) on each side of body in 23 hemiplegic patients by computerized thermography.
Results: Skin temperatures on ST36, SP6, GB39 of paretic side were significantly lower than normal side over 0.5℃ in total patients. But, there were no significant thermal differences between Yin and Yang meridian’s acupoints in all patient’s paretic limbs.
Conclusions: These results suggest that temperature decline in paretic limbs has no difference between Yin and Yang meridians. Further study is needed for investigating the quantification of acupoint and meridian’s state in stroke.
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KEYWORD
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Thermography, Hemiplegia, Stroke, Meridians, Acupoints
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