고령자의 손등피부 탄성 특성을 활용한 체질분류 방법 연구

• Published in: 동의생리병리학회지 Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 1050 - 1055
• Main Authors: 강남식(Nam Sik Kang), 이재철(Jae Chul Lee), 구본초(Bon Cho Ku), 김종열(Jong Yeol Kim), 김영민(Young Min Kim)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한의병리학회 2011
• Subjects: 한의학; hand dorsal skin; elasticity coefficient; Standard Operating Procedure; Elasticity Measurement System; Sasang Constitution
• ISSN: 1738-7698; 2288-2529; 2283-2529

This paper presents a novel diagnostic method to determine Sasang Consitution (SC) by elasticity coefficient of hand dorsal skin of elderly people. For this purpose, we carried out a clinical test, in which Our SC diagnostic tool and one Oriental medical doctor with SC medicine expertise participated to categorize 458 healthy subjects into four constitutions. After excluding heavy-noise, we extracted 295 subjects' elasticity coefficient feature data and statistically analyzed their SC relevance with ANOVA test. It resulted in that, Taeum-in has high elasticity coefficient compared to Soeum-in in a significance level of 0.05. There are no differences of elasticity coefficient in genders. This result is supported by the theory of Longevity and Life Preservation in Eastern Medicine(Donguisusebowon, 동의수세보원) which suggested that Taeum-in's flesh is solid and Soeum-in's one is tender. This is the first work which reports the relatedness of skin elasticity coefficient and SC by an objective clinical test.