Open Access<p>Attentional Bias Toward Cupping Therapy Marks: An Eye-Tracking Study</p>
Author(s) -
MunPyo Hong,
In-Seon Lee,
Dha-Hyun Choi,
Younbyoung Chae
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s252675
Subject(s) - medicine , cupping therapy , attentional bias , fixation (population genetics) , sensation , vigilance (psychology) , audiology , ophthalmology , cognitive psychology , psychology , psychiatry , cognition , population , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology , acupuncture
Despite the many medical benefits, cupping therapy can be difficult for some patients due to unpleasant marks on the skin. As patients are afraid of the potential painful sensation from cupping therapy, the skin reactions might produce vigilance for treatment as pain-related information. We investigated whether individuals show negative emotions and attentional bias toward pain-related residual marks from cupping therapy on the body using an eye-tracking method.