Pulse Diagnoses in Patients While Dysmenorrhea is Attacking

The Effect of Acupuncture Treatment of Acupoint San Yin Jiao on the Pulse Diagnoses in Patients While Dysmenorrhea is Attacking

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dysmenorrhea
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: ANSWatch

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 15

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 55 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Fifteen patients suffering from dysmenorrhea who visited the traditional Chinese medicine outpatient department were recruited voluntarily in this study.

All subjects live in the greater Taipei area.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The exclusion criterion was that subjects did not take pain killers in the 12 hours before measurement.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Case-Only
• Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Patients' radial artery pulses. Change is being assessed.	Get subjects' pulses by ANSWatch	Measure subjects' radial artery pulses before and after acupuncture in 10 minutes respectively.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Taipei Hospital, Taiwan
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Chen-Kai Liao, Taipei Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 25, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 13, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): June 15, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 15, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 13, 2017
• Last Verified: June 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Menstruation Disturbances; Pelvic Pain; Dysmenorrhea
• Other Study ID Numbers: TH-IRB-0014-0002

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided