An evaluation of the cun measurement system of acupuncture point location
An evaluation of the cun measurement system of acupuncture point location
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DOI：
10.1142/s0192415x05003284
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Koh, HG
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作者：
Yin, CS;Park, HJ;Koh, HG
准确、可重复地定位穴位是针灸科学研究和确保患者得到最佳护理所不可或缺的。不可靠的穴位定位会给针灸研究和临床实践带来混淆。目前使用两种传统的点定位方法，方向（F-cun）和比例（B-cun）方法，统称为cun测量系统。关于澳大利亚受试者的寸测量系统的有效性的报告已经发表;然而，由于针灸起源于古代中国东部，亚洲人和其他种族的人体测量数据可能会有所不同。因此，我们测量人体测量数据，根据寸测量系统在当代韩国患者。F-cun测量值与B-cun测量值显著不同，并且根据任意选择的F-cun标准而显著变化。此外，我们还观察到肥胖者四肢F-cun测量值的进一步差异。我们的结论是，F-cun方法是不可靠的，应该进行进一步的研究，以确定一个更准确的点定位方法，主要是基于B-cun方法。
Locating acupuncture points reliably and reproducibly is indispensable for the scientific research of acupuncture and for assuring the best care of patients. Unreliable point location can produce confounding results for acupuncture research and clinical practice. Two traditional methods of point location are currently used, directional (F-cun) and proportional (B-cun) methods, which are collectively called the cun measurement system. Reports have been published on the validity of the cun measurement system in Australian subjects; however, as acupuncture originated in ancient East China, it is possible that anthropometric data may differ in Asian people and other races. Therefore, we measured anthropometric data according to the cun measurement system in contemporary Korean patients. The F-cun measurements were significantly different from the B-cun measurements and varied significantly according to the arbitrarily selected F-cun standard. In addition, we observed further differences of F-cun measurements in the extremities of obese subjects. We concluded that the F-cun method is unreliable and that further research should be conducted to determine a more accurate point-locating method primarily based on the B-cun method.