PMID- 24555788
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150427
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1472-6882 (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-6882 (Linking)
VI  - 14
DP  - 2014 Feb 21
TI  - Effect of acupuncture on Deqi traits and pain intensity in primary dysmenorrhea: 
      analysis of data from a larger randomized controlled trial.
PG  - 69
LID - 10.1186/1472-6882-14-69 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Deqi is a central concept in traditional Chinese acupuncture. We 
      performed a secondary analysis on data from a larger randomized controlled trial 
      (RCT) in order to assess the effect of acupuncture on deqi traits and pain 
      intensity in primary dysmenorrhea. METHODS: A total of 60 primary dysmenorrhea 
      patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups. 
      Acupuncture was given at SP6, GB39 or nonacupoint. Subjective pain was measured 
      by a 100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after acupuncture. The 
      Massachusetts General Hospital acupuncture sensation scales (MASS) with minor 
      modification was used to rate deqi sensations during acupuncture. RESULTS: The 
      results showed that VAS scores of pain after acupuncture were significantly 
      decreased comparing to before acupuncture treatment in all three groups 
      (P = 0.000). However, no significant differences were found among three groups at 
      the beginning or end of acupuncture treatment (P = 0.928, P = 0.419). 
      CONCLUSIONS: There was no statistical difference among three groups in terms of 
      intensity of deqi feeling. The types of sensation were similar across the groups 
      with only minor differences among them. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: 
      Controlled-Trials.com ISRCTN24863192.
FAU - Shi, Guang-Xia
AU  - Shi GX
FAU - Li, Qian-Qian
AU  - Li QQ
FAU - Liu, Cun-Zhi
AU  - Liu CZ
AD  - Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese 
      Medicine, affiliated to Capital Medical University, 23 Meishuguanhou Street, 
      Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, China. lcz623780@126.com.
FAU - Zhu, Jiang
AU  - Zhu J
FAU - Wang, Lin-Peng
AU  - Wang LP
FAU - Wang, Jing
AU  - Wang J
FAU - Han, Li-Li
AU  - Han LL
FAU - Guan, Li-Ping
AU  - Guan LP
FAU - Wu, Meng-Meng
AU  - Wu MM
LA  - eng
SI  - ISRCTN/ISRCTN24863192
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140221
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Complement Altern Med
JT  - BMC complementary and alternative medicine
JID - 101088661
SB  - IM
MH  - *Acupuncture Points
MH  - *Acupuncture Therapy
MH  - Adult
MH  - Dysmenorrhea/*therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Pain
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - *Qi
MH  - *Sensation
MH  - *Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC3933504
EDAT- 2014/02/22 06:00
MHDA- 2015/04/29 06:00
PMCR- 2014/02/21
CRDT- 2014/02/22 06:00
PHST- 2012/11/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/02/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/02/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/02/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/04/29 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/02/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1472-6882-14-69 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1472-6882-14-69 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Complement Altern Med. 2014 Feb 21;14:69. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-69.