PMID- 29849728
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1741-427X (Print)
IS  - 1741-4288 (Electronic)
IS  - 1741-427X (Linking)
VI  - 2018
DP  - 2018
TI  - A Double-Blind Study on Acupuncture Sensations with Japanese Style of 
      Acupuncture: Comparison between Penetrating and Placebo Needles.
PG  - 8128147
LID - 10.1155/2018/8128147 [doi]
LID - 8128147
AB  - To investigate the acupuncture sensations elicited by the Japanese style of 
      acupuncture, penetrating acupuncture and skin-touch placebo needles were randomly 
      administered at various insertion depths (5 and 10 mm for the penetrating needles 
      and 1 and 2 mm for the placebo needles) at LI4 to 50 healthy subjects. Among the 
      12 acupuncture sensations in the Massachusetts General Hospital Acupuncture 
      Sensation Scale (MASS), "heaviness" was the strongest and most frequently 
      reported sensation with the 10 mm needles, but not with the 5 mm needles. There 
      were no significant differences in number of sensations elicited, MASS index, 
      range of spreading, and intensity of needle pain for 5 mm penetration versus 1 mm 
      skin press and 10 mm penetration versus 2 mm skin press. The MASS index with 2 mm 
      skin-touch needles was significantly larger than that with 1 mm skin-touch and 
      5 mm penetrating needles. The factor structures in the 12 acupuncture sensations 
      between penetrating and skin-touch needles were different. The acupuncture 
      sensations obtained in this study under satisfactorily performed double-blind 
      (practitioner-patient) conditions suggest that a slight difference in insertion 
      depth and skin press causes significant differences in quantity and quality of 
      acupuncture sensations.
FAU - Nishiwaki, Masako
AU  - Nishiwaki M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0753-0659
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo 
      Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, 2-9-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 
      135-0063, Japan.
FAU - Takayama, Miho
AU  - Takayama M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5477-1711
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo 
      Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, 2-9-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 
      135-0063, Japan.
AD  - Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, 
      Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
FAU - Yajima, Hiroyoshi
AU  - Yajima H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4843-2868
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo 
      Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, 2-9-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 
      135-0063, Japan.
AD  - Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, 
      Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
FAU - Nasu, Morihiro
AU  - Nasu M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9330-1253
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo 
      Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, 2-9-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 
      135-0063, Japan.
FAU - Park, Joel
AU  - Park J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2053-9180
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 
      Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
FAU - Kong, Jian
AU  - Kong J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2744-6067
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 
      Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
FAU - Takakura, Nobuari
AU  - Takakura N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4657-9893
AD  - Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo 
      Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, 2-9-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 
      135-0063, Japan.
AD  - Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, 
      Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180424
PL  - United States
TA  - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
JT  - Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
JID - 101215021
PMC - PMC5941723
EDAT- 2018/06/01 06:00
MHDA- 2018/06/01 06:01
PMCR- 2018/04/24
CRDT- 2018/06/01 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/01/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/01/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/06/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/06/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/06/01 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/04/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2018/8128147 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2018 Apr 24;2018:8128147. doi: 
      10.1155/2018/8128147. eCollection 2018.