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[Study on needling depth of Fengfu (GV 16) with CT]
Song-di Yang1, Ya-dong Li, Guo-hua Jiang
1Editorial Department, Clinical Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Heilongjiang University of TCM, Harbin 150040, China.
Objective:
To study on needling safe depth of Fengfu (GV 16) with CT, so as to provide reference for safe needling depth of Fengfu (GV 16) in clinical acupuncture treatment.
Methods:
Forty-one adult volunteers were divided into 3 groups, a thin person group, a moderate person group and a fat person group according to Luo's indexes, and computer-aided tomography (CT) was used to measure the needling depth of Fengfu (GV 16).
Results:
The safe depths of perpendicular needling of Fengfu (GV 16) were different for persons of different somatotypes. The safe needling depth was (27.73 +/- 3.45) mm for the thin person group, (30.78 +/- 2.90) mm for the moderate person group, and (33.39 +/- 4.27) mm for the fat person group.
Conclusion:
The safe needling depth < or = the dangerous depth x 75% can be used for reference for the safe needling depth of Fengfu (GV 16) for different somatotypes persons.