Ipsilateral Putamen and Insula Activation by Both Left and Right GB34 Acupuncture Stimulation: An fMRI Study on Healthy Participants

Table 1

Sample characteristics: specified for the left versus the right GB34 acupuncture group.

Group	Left ()	Right ()	P value
Age	54.9 ± 2.43	56.58 ± 2.96	0.39
Gender	5 males/5 females	6 males/6 females
Asian (%)	100%	100%
Edinburgh Handedness Inventory	Right 95 ± 5.00%	Right 100 ± 0%
Total deqi score	13.00 ± 4.07	16.82 ± 3.82	0.50
Aching score	Median 0, range 0~4	Median 0, range 0~5	0.39
Dull pain score	Median 0, range 0~3	Median 0, range 0~5	0.76
Soreness score	Median 0, range 0~4	Median 0, range 0~5	0.56
Warm score	Median 0, range 0~5	Median 0, range 0~4	0.56
Cold score	Median 0, range 0	Median 0, range 0~2	0.51
Tingling score	Median 4.5, range 0~6	Median 5, range 2~7	0.86
Throbbing score	Median 0, range 0~5	Median 0, range 0~4	0.86
Sharp pain score	Median 0, range 0~7	Median 1, range 0~7	0.35
Heaviness score	Median 0, range 0~7	Median 0, range 0~5	0.47
Numbness score	Median 0, range 0~5	Median 0, range 0~4	0.70
Fullness	Median 0, range 0~7	Median 0, range 0~4	0.56
Deep pressure score	Median 0, range 0~4	Median 0, range 0~5	0.35

Data are mean ± SEM or median, range.