Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Litscher, G; Wang, L; Huber, E; Schikora, D; Schwarz, G.
Quantification of gender specific thermal sensory and pain threshold before and after laser needle stimulation
Biomed Tech (Berl). 2004; 49(5):106-110
Doi: 10.1515/BMT.2004.022
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Litscher Gerhard
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Schwarz Gerhard
- Wang Lu
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- Abstract:
- Quantitative thermal sensory and pain threshold testing (QST) was performed in 29 adult healthy volunteers (mean age 24.2 +/- 2.7 years; range: 18-29 years; 20 females, 9 males) using the Thermal Sensory Analyser TSA-II (Medoc Advanced Medical Systems, Ramat Yishai, Israel, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) before and after laser needle acupuncture and placebo stimulation, respectively. Significant (p < or = 0,001; t-test) gender-specific differences were seen on cold pain threshold analysis. No significant changes in parameters of thermal sensory and pain thresholds were found before and after laser needle or placebo stimulation at acupuncture points for acute pain. However, a trend towards change in the median value of cold pain sensation after laser needle stimulation (p = 0.479; paired t-test; n.s.) was seen within the group of healthy females. The influence of stimulation of acupuncture points for chronic pain on the various parameters needs to be clarified in future studies.
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- Acupuncture - methods
- Acupuncture Points - methods
- Adaptation, Physiological - physiology
- Adolescent - physiology
- Adult - physiology
- Female - physiology
- Heat - therapeutic use
- Humans - therapeutic use
- Lasers - therapeutic use
- Male - therapeutic use
- Pain Measurement - methods
- Pain Threshold - physiology
- Physical Stimulation - methods
- Sex Factors - methods
- Temperature Sense - physiology
- Treatment Outcome - physiology
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- quantitative sensory testing (QST)
- thermal thresholds
- neurosensory analysis
- cold sensation
- warm sensation
- cold pain
- heat pain
- laser needle
- acupuncture