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Study on Force Mechanism for Therapeutic Effect of Pushing Manipulation with One-Finger Meditation Base on Similarity Analysis of Force and Waveform

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Abstract

Objective

To reveal the force mechanism for therapeutic effect of pushing manipulation with one-finger meditation.

Methods

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.

Results

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.

Conclusion

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.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Research Institution of Tuina, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, for providing laboratory equipment. Meanwhile, this work was also supported in part by Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 085 project.

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  1. School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Lei Fang

  2. Department of Tuina, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China

    Min Fang

  3. Department of Mechanics and Engineer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200437, China

    Min-min Guo

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Supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China: Science of Tuina (No. 81025022)

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Fang, L., Fang, M. & Guo, Mm. Study on Force Mechanism for Therapeutic Effect of Pushing Manipulation with One-Finger Meditation Base on Similarity Analysis of Force and Waveform. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 24, 531–536 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2275-x

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