Pulse Diagnoses in Patients While Dysmenorrhea is Attacking
- Conditions
- Dysmenorrhea
- Registration Number
- NCT03187782
- Lead Sponsor
- Taipei Hospital, Taiwan
- Brief Summary
The mechanism led to the dysmenorrhea can be understood more clearly and one may have a better idea to treat the disease in the future.
- Detailed Description
Background: Pulse diagnosis of the dysmenorrhea patients before and after acupuncture treatment on the acupoint San Yin Jiao (SP6) were performed so that the mechanism led to the pain can be understood more clearly and one may have a better idea to treat the disease in the future.
Methods: Fifteen women participated in the study voluntarily. They have first to fill in the form of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain. Then the pulse of the subjects were measured by ANSWatch before and after acupuncture. All meridians can be assessed by analyzing the pulse spectra through Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of the original pulse data. The significant change of amplitude in certain harmonics which corresponds to a specific meridian after acupuncture treatment can be selected out.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 15
- The inclusion criteria of the subjects were the presence of pain during menstruation or three days before it. It needed to recheck if the menstrual cycle appeared within three days after recruiting if dysmenorrhea attacked before menstruation.
- The exclusion criterion was that subjects did not take pain killers in the 12 hours before measurement.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patients' radial artery pulses. Change is being assessed. Measure subjects' radial artery pulses before and after acupuncture in 10 minutes respectively. Get subjects' pulses by ANSWatch
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method