Deqi Sensations of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Auricular Points

Table 2

Intensity of individual Deqi sensations during EA in healthy subjects and depression patients.

	Healthy subject (𝑛=15)		Depression patients (𝑛=16)
	Auricular; concha area	Superior scapha	Auricular; concha area
Soreness	0.67±0.54	1±0.47	0.88±0.44
Fullness	0.67±0.32	0.8±0.47	1.19±0.51
Numbness	2.27±0.62	2.73±0.65	1.56±0.55
Heaviness	0.33±0.23	0.2±0.2	0.37±0.37
Pressure	0.47±0.28	0.47±0.29	0.25±0.17
Tingling	4.27±0.64	4.27±0.61	4.81±0.31
Warmness	0.60±0.34	0.60±0.32	0.69±0.36
Coolness	0	0	0
Dull pain	0	0.13±0.13	0

Wilcoxon signed ranks tests were used to compare the intensities of individual Deqi sensation between the paired TENS points in the healthy subjects (𝑃>0.05). Mann-Whitney 𝑈 tests were used to compare the intensities of individual Deqi sensation during TENS at auricular concha area between the healthy subjects and depression patients (𝑃>0.05).