Relationship between the guide tube andsticking pain / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

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).<br>The result can be summarized as follows<br>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.<br>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.