Table 1.
Patients' Characteristics and Intraoperative Characteristics
| |
Acupuncture group |
No Acupuncture group |
|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n = 20 | n = 20 |
| Patients | ||
| Age (yrs); (mean, range) | 30 (13, 52) | 34 (17, 54) |
| Sex, n (%) | ||
| Male | 10 (50) | 9 (45) |
| Female | 10 (50) | 11 (55) |
| BMI (in kg/m2), mean (SD) | 26 (4.9) | 23.8 (2.4) |
| Race, n (%) | ||
| White/Caucasian | 13 (65) | 11 (55) |
| Asian | 3 (15) | 5 (25) |
| Black/African-American | 0 (0) | 1 (5) |
| Other/unknown | 4 (20) | 3 (15) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||
| Hispanic or Latinx | 1 (5) | 2 (10) |
| Non-Hispanic or Latinx | 19 (95) | 18 (90) |
| Had prior experience with acupuncture, n (%) | 6 (30) | 7 (35) |
| Presence of ear piercings, n (%) | 10 (50) | 9 (45) |
| Intraoperative | ||
| Procedure type, n | ||
| Hamstring autograft, n | 14 (70) | 13 (65) |
| Bone-tendon-bone, n | 5 (25) | 7 (35) |
| No ACL performed, n | 1 (5) | 0 (0) |
| Total procedure time (min), mean (SD) | 103.1 (25.5) | 96.6 (25) |
| Total anesthesia time (min), mean (SD) | 165.2 (28.5) | 161.1 (31) |
| Level 2 sedation, n (%) | 20 (100) | 20 (100) |
yrs, years; BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation; ACL, anterior cruciate ligament-; min, minutes.