Acupuncture Needling Force and Motion Sensor

针灸针力和运动传感器

• 批准号: 7623820
• 负责人: Robert T Davis
• 金额: $ 33.38万
• 依托单位: STROMATEC, INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-30 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7623820
• 关键词: Acupuncture procedure; Adoption; Adult; Basic Science; Cataloging; Catalogs; Chinese People; Clinical; Clinical Trials; Clinical Trials Design; Communities; Complement component C4a; Data; Educational process of instructing; Environment; Feedback; Frequencies; Future; Goals; Japanese Population; Lead; Learning; Left; Letters; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Manuals; Measurement; Measures; Mechanics; Monitor; Motion; Movement; Needles; New England; New York; Outcome; Patients; Pattern; Performance; Phase; Property; Protocols documentation; Randomized; Research; Research Personnel; Research Training; Rotation; Schools; Side; Stimulus; Students; Tactile; Techniques; Technology; Testing; Time; Tissues; Torque; Training; Translating; Visual; Work; auditory feedback; clinical practice; college; design; experience; human subject; improved; instructor; prototype; public health relevance; research study; response; sensor; skills; teacher; tool; user friendly software

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of this project is improvement in the quality of acupuncture treatment. This will be accomplished by developing a tool (the Acusensor) capable of tracking acupuncture needle movement and force interactions. The Acusensor will be applied immediately to improve acupuncture training and research, which will lead to improvements in clinical practice. Our specific aims include: 1) Improve the Acusensor prototype which currently measures needle torque, to additionally measure angular displacement (degrees of rotation), axial displacement (amount of up and down movement), and axial force. 2) Develop a user-friendly software interface displaying Acusensor data in a visual real-time format. This will enable users to instantly view needling profiles oriented to needle motion or tissue force response. 3) The Acusensor will be used to characterize types (e.g. tonifying, dispersing) and styles (e.g. Japanese, Chinese) of needle manipulation. By objectively characterizing needling manipulation techniques, researchers will be able to design future clinical trials which can answer important questions that have thus far remained untested (e.g. - Was the intended manipulation successfully replicated throughout the trial? Are certain manipulations more effective than others for specific clinical conditions?). 4) The Acusensor will be used to teach needle manipulation. Acupuncture students will use the Acusensor to enhance their ability to accurately and reliably reproduce target manipulations demonstrated by their instructors. Needling technique is a notoriously difficult skill to master. This is compounded by the lack of tools with which to evaluate needling activity. By providing profiles of needling via a real-time graphic interface, this technology will potentially transform the teaching of needling techniques. This technology will allow users, for the first time, to test assumptions and improve practices related to a fundamental component of acupuncture} needling. It will provide a needed tool to acupuncture researchers, educators and clinicians which will ultimately be translated into improvements in the quality of acupuncture treatments for the benefit of patients. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Acupuncture has been used by an estimated 8.2 million US adults - 2.1 million in 2001 alone. Acupuncture needling techniques vary widely and are difficult to replicate. Efforts to evaluate acupuncture needling have been hampered by a lack of objective measurement tools. The new Acusensor technology will provide a needed tool to identify best practices related to acupuncture needling. Data gathered by this tool will be translated into improvements in the quality of acupuncture treatments for the benefit of patients.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的长期目标是提高针灸治疗的质量。这将通过开发一种能够跟踪针灸针运动和力相互作用的工具（Acusensor）来实现。 Acusensor 将立即应用于改善针灸培训和研究，从而改善临床实践。我们的具体目标包括： 1) 改进目前测量针扭矩的 Acusensor 原型，以额外测量角位移（旋转角度）、轴向位移（上下移动量）和轴向力。 2) 开发一个用户友好的软件界面，以可视化实时格式显示 Acusensor 数据。这将使用户能够立即查看针对针运动或组织力响应的针刺轮廓。 3) 针传感器将用于表征针法类型（例如补、散）和风格（例如日语、中国）。通过客观地描述针刺操作技术，研究人员将能够设计未来的临床试验，从而回答迄今为止尚未测试的重要问题（例如，预期的操作是否在整个试验中成功复制？对于特定的临床条件，某些操作是否比其他操作更有效？）。 4) Acusensor 将用于教导针的操作。针灸学生将使用 Acusensor 来增强他们准确可靠地再现教练演示的目标操作的能力。针刺技术是众所周知的很难掌握的技能。由于缺乏评估针刺活动的工具，情况变得更加复杂。通过实时图形界面提供针刺轮廓，该技术将有可能改变针刺技术的教学。这项技术将首次允许用户测试与针灸基本组成部分相关的假设并改进实践。它将为针灸研究人员、教育工作者和临床医生提供所需的工具，最终将转化为针灸治疗质量的提高，造福患者。公共健康相关性：估计有 820 万美国成年人使用针灸——仅 2001 年就有 210 万。针灸技术差异很大且难以复制。由于缺乏客观的测量工具，评估针灸的努力受到了阻碍。新的 Acusensor 技术将提供所需的工具来确定与针灸相关的最佳实践。该工具收集的数据将转化为针灸治疗质量的改进，造福患者。

项目成果

A new method for quantifying the needling component of acupuncture treatments.

• DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2011-010111
• 发表时间: 2012-06
• 期刊: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society
• 作者: Davis RT;Churchill DL;Badger GJ;Dunn J;Langevin HM
• 通讯作者: Langevin HM

Acupuncture sensation during ultrasound guided acupuncture needling.

• DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.003616
• 发表时间: 2011-12
• 期刊: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society
• 作者: Park JJ;Akazawa M;Ahn J;Beckman-Harned S;Lin FC;Lee K;Fine J;Davis RT;Langevin H
• 通讯作者: Langevin H