Study on Force Mechanism for Therapeutic Effect of Pushing Manipulation with One-Finger Meditation Base on Similarity Analysis of Force and Waveform / 中国结合医学杂志
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
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(12): 531-536, 2018.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-691386
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To reveal the force mechanism for therapeutic effect of pushing manipulation with one-finger meditation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A total of 15 participants were recruited in this study and assigned to an expert group, a skilled group and a novice group, with 5 participants in each group. Mechanical signals were collected from a biomechanical testing platform, and these data were further observed via similarity analysis and cluster analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Comparing the force waveforms of manipulation revealed that the manipulation forces were similar between the expert group and the skilled group (P>0.05). The mean value of vertical force was 9.8 N, and 95% CI rang from 6.37 to 14.70 N, but there were significant differences compared with the novice group (P<0.05). The result of overall similarity coefficient cluster analysis showed that two kinds of manipulation forces curves were existed between the expert group and the skilled group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Pushing manipulation with one-finger meditation is a kind of light stimulation manipulation on the acupoint, and force characteristics of double waveforms continuously alternated during manual operation.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Physiology
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Reference Standards
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Biomechanical Phenomena
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Acupuncture Points
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Clinical Competence
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Hand Strength
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Meditation
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Musculoskeletal Manipulations
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Education
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Fingers
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Practice guideline
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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