creating a vvisual representation of visually impaired students acupuncture technique for use in student assessment, and its effectiveness in student instruction

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590254
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Tsukuba University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: ogata akihiro 筑波技術大学, 保健科学部, 教授 (80516708)
• Research Collaborator: NEMOTO Misaki ; WATANABE Minami
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 切皮痛 / 押手 / 面圧力分布

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We use oshide pressure analysis software to verify the effectiveness of “real-time” student instruction. [Methods] The subjects were acupuncturists with over 25 years of experience, and university students with 1-4 years of study, from whom consent had been obtained. We measured the degree of pain on insertion,and the stabilizing hand (oshide hand)for each of the subjects a total of 3 times. In addition, we used the surface pressure distribution measurement system “I-SCAN” to record oshide pressure distribution during the sequence of insertion movements over 30 seconds. [Results] The proficient practitioners had perpendicular pressure data that was relatively stable and were able to limit oscillation to the insertion. [Discussion] The above results suggest that the interventional instruction method of drawing particular attention to the perpendicular component of oshide pressure may be an effective instruction method.

Free Research Field

鍼灸学、手技療法学