ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Time-Frequency, Complexity, and Fractal Analyses of Hemoglobin and Deoxyhemoglobin Responses to Quantify Mechanisms of Actions of Cupping Therapy.
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Abstract
Cupping therapy has been demonstrated to improve hemodynamic regulation. Existing studies have reported mean changes of oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb) and deoxyhemoglobin (DeoxyHb), which do not capture the multi-scale regulatory dynamics of the microvasculature. It is therefore unclear whether cupping therapy modulates the complexity and fractal property of hemodynamic signals. The objective of this study was to examine complexity of hemodynamic response to cupping therapy. A 2 by 2 factorial design with repeated measures was used to examine the main effect of pressure (-225 and -300 mmHg) and duration (5 and 10 min) and their interaction. A near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was used to measure OxyHb and DeoxyHb concentrations before and after cupping therapy. A total of 18 healthy participants were enrolled in this study. The wavelet analysis, sample entropy and detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) were used to quantify the oscillatory, complexity, and fractal scaling properties of OxyHb and DeoxyHb signals. A two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni correction was used to examine the main and interaction effects. The results demonstrated that the combined effects of pressure and duration, rather than either factor independently, were the primary determinants of the dynamic hemodynamic response to cupping therapy, with significant Pressure × Duration interactions observed in DeoxyHb myogenic wavelet power (
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