A Longitudinal Study of the Reliability of Acupuncture Deqi Sensations in Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 5

By sensation, the number of individuals in each group who reported the sensation at least once across a total of 6 treatment sessions (assessed twice per treatment).

	All	High dose	Low dose	Sham
Soreness*	25	10	9	6
Aching*	21	9	9	5
Deep pressure	27	9	10	8
Heaviness	20	7	7	6
Fullness/distention*	18	8	7	3
Tingling	26	10	8	8
Numbness	20	7	7	6
Sharp pain	28	10	10	8
Dull pain	28	10	10	8
Warmth	17	5	8	4
Cold	8	3	3	2
Throbbing	18	7	7	4
Other	11	2	4	5

Sensations with significantly different frequencies across groups (real versus sham acupuncture) are denoted with a *.