Journal of Oriental Medical Thermology (대한한방체열의학회지)
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.17-23
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- 2003
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- 1598-592X(pISSN)
Cold stress test for the diagnosis of cold hypersensitivity on hands
냉부하검사를 통한 수부냉증의 진단
- Han, Ji-Young (Kangnam Korean Hospital, KyungHee University) ;
- Joe, Jung-Hoon (KyungHee Oriental Medical Center, KyungHee University) ;
- Jang, Jun-Bock (KyungHee Oriental Medical Center, KyungHee University) ;
- Kim, Yong-Suk (Kangnam Korean Hospital, KyungHee University) ;
- Lee, Kyung-Sub (Kangnam Korean Hospital, KyungHee University)
- 한지영 (경희대학교 강남 경희 한방병원) ;
- 조정훈 (경희의료원) ;
- 장준복 (경희의료원) ;
- 김용석 (경희대학교 강남 경희 한방병원) ;
- 이경섭 (경희대학교 강남 경희 한방병원)
- Published : 2003.12.13
Abstract
Purpose The cold hypersensitivity is a subjective symptom and it is very difficult to evaluate the severity. It is possible to detect cold hypersensitivity by measuring the skin temperature on DITI, but there is limitation only using DITI to find the objective grade of the symptom. To set a new objective standard for the diagnosis of cold hypersensitivity, we examined the relationship between the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score for the cold hypersensitivity and the change of skin temperature on hands by cold stress test Method 23 patients with symptom of cold hypersensitivity were participated as subjects who visited the women medical center of Kangnam Kyunghee Korean Hospital, Kyung Hee Univ. from May 1, 2002 to August 31, 2002. There were all carefully examined to rule out other disease such as obesity, skin diseases, spinal nerve lesions and external wounds. Thermographic observations for this study were made using DITI. We performed cold stress test three times to compare with the results from thermographic observations by DITI: first, after 15 minutes-resting, second, right after 1 minutes soak in
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