J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg.  1998 Apr;24(2):205-207.

A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF ELECTROACUPUNCTURE STIMULATION THERAPY

• Kim SM
• Yeo HH
• Kim SG

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of electroacuuncture stimulation therapy in the pain threshold of the subjects. 20 patients were randomly assigned to two experimental groups. Measurement of perception and pawn threshold of post-operative patients were taken during 7 days. They were written into preformed formula by themselves. Experiments were peformed with non-acupuncture stimulated group(10 patients) and with acupuncture stimulated group(10 patients). Acupuncture stimulation is applied with 2Hz, 30minutes, 12mA, biphasic wave, combined mix, and bilaterally to meridian points(LI4, CV24, S5 etc). The following results are obtained ; 1. The visual analogue scale of pain threshold was decreased with a time both control and experimental group. 2. The statistical significance was observed between control group and experimental group at 5, 6, 7 days(P<0.05). 3. The Pearson correlation coefficency of experimental group was higher than control group (P<0.05).

MeSH Terms

Acupuncture
Electroacupuncture*
Humans
Pain Threshold