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

Table 3

Test-retest reliability of deqi sensations.

	All	High Dose	Low Dose	Sham
Soreness	.889 (<.001)	.721 (.002)	.925 (<.001)	.688 (.004)
Aching	.913 (<.001)	.726 (.002)	.922 (<.001)	.777 (<.001)
Deep pressure	.903 (<.001)	.808 (<.001)	.943 (<.001)	.821 (<.001)
Heaviness	.928 (<.001)	.88 (<.001)	.926 (<.001)	.769 (<.001)
Fullness/distention	.921 (<.001)	.831 (<.001)	.943 (<.001)	.872 (<.001)
Tingling	.839 (<.001)	.848 (<.001)	.795 (<.001)	.81 (<.001)
Numbness	.861 (<.001)	.839 (<.001)	.837 (<.001)	.932 (<.001)
Sharp pain	.768 (<.001)	.486 (.069)	.812 (<.001)	.761 (.001)
Dull pain	.845 (<.001)	.583 (.026)	.874 (<.001)	.871 (<.001)
Warmth	.74 (<.001)	.664 (.007)	.661 (.008)	.894 (<.001)
Cold	.078 (.37)	.467 (.08)	−.052 (.493)	−.15 (.559)
Throbbing	.792 (<.001)	.774 (<.001)	.601 (.02)	.876 (<.001)
Other	.681 (<.001)	−.75 (.508)	.641 (.011)	.741 (.001)
Sum	.907 (<.001)	.792 (<.001)	.922 (<.001)	.901 (<.001)
Mass index	.907 (<.001)	.764 (.001)	.927 (<.001)	.902 (<.001)

All test-retest reliability analyses reported as intraclass correlation coefficients (𝑃 value).