1.Relationship between the guide tube andsticking pain.
Kenji MIYAMURA ; Katsuyuki SAWADA ; Yukio TSUKUDA ; Hideki HAYASHI ; Mikio NAKAMURA ; Shinichi FUWA ; Tetsuo HOSOKAWA ; Yoshifumi YOMESHIMA ; Kazushi NISHIJO
Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 1985;35(3-4):208-214
Comparative trials were undertaken using 16 types of guide-tubes of different caliber and external diamter: small caliber (1.35mm) and large cliber (1.80mm) tubes of eight types of external diameter (i. e, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0mm). 540 tappings was performed with a hard needle (length: 58.0mm, diameter: 0.16mm, head diameter: 1.25mm).
The result can be summarized as follows:
1. Among the six small guide-tubes with 2.5-5.0mm external diameter, the larger external diameter was, the less sticking pain was experienced.
2. The four small caliber guide-tubes with 4.5-6.0mm external diameter caused significantly less sticking pain compared with the four small caliber guide-tubes of 2.5-4.0mm and the four large guide-tubes of 4.5-6.0mm.
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