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Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Online)

2010; 1: 80-91

A possible double-blind (practitioner-patient masking) acupuncture needle

Takakura Nobuari1,2,3,4), Takayama Miho 1,2,3,4), Kawase Akiko1,2,3,4), Yajima Hiroyoshi 1,2,3,4)

1) Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Educational Foundation of Hanada Gakuen
2) Second Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine
3) The Foundation for Oriental Medicine Research
4) Hanada college, Japan School of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Physiotherapy

Figure 3 Needle sensations on a visual analog scale (VAS) in participants (27).

Intensity of skin penetration/penetration-like pain (SPP) and de qi on a VAS in subjects for needles correctly and incorrectly identified by the practitioner. There was no significant difference between correctly identified and incorrectly identified needles for both skin penetration/penetration-like pain and de qi scores (skin penetration/penetration-like pain, p = 0.09; de qi, p = 0.13).

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