Journal of Acupuncture Research

Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (대한침구의학회)
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A Study on the Correlation between Auricular Tenderness Testing on Mammary Gland Zone and Postpartum Breast Pain

산모에서 산후 유방통과 이혈 압통점과의 관계 연구

  • Sung, Won-Young (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, Woosuk University Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Lak-Hyung (Dept. of Neuropsychiatry, Woosuk University Oriental Medicine Hospital)
  • 성원영 (우석대학교 부속한방병원 한방신경정신과) ;
  • 김락형 (우석대학교 부속한방병원 한방신경정신과)
  • Published : 2009.10.20
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Abstract

Objectives : The objectives of this study were to examine the specificity and the sensitivity of tenderness testing on the ear about the postpartum breast pain, and to improve the efficacy of the tenderness test. Methods : Thirty women who visited in the hospital for recuperating 2-14 days after childbirth participated in this study. They answered the questionnaire of the severity of breast pain and their auricular acupuncture points were tested by a long metal probe with round tip 1.1mm in diameter. We analyzed the relationship between auricular tenderness testing on mammary gland zone[CW6] and postpartum breast pain with validity and significance as grouping 8 diagnosis methods. Results : When we consider above 'moderate pain' or 'severe pain' in the auricular tenderness testing as a positive sign, and above 'evere pain' or 'very severe pain' in the self-reported breast pain score as a positive symptom, the diagnostic efficacy was highest. The sensitivity for tenderness testing was 0.62-0.75, and the specificity was 0.64-0.72, and the sensitivity and the specificity in the contralateral ear were a little higher than in the ipsilateral ear. Conclusions : These results suggest that auricular tenderness testing can be objectified clinically and be used in diagnosis.

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