title: Effect studies of Uyghur sand therapy on the hemodynamics of the knee-joint arteries.
abstract: This paper studies the effect of Uyghur sand therapy on dynamics of arterial flow of knee joints via experiments and numerical simulations. Experiments have been carried out on 30 volunteers, with their diameter and flow rate of arteries of knee joints measured before and after Uyghur sand therapy. It has been found that Uyghur sand therapy will increase the inner diameter of knee arteries and speed up the blood flow. Experimental results show that Uyghur sand therapy can help relieve obstacles in local blood flow. By choosing one volunteer for CT scanning, three-dimensional reconstruction of knee-joint arteries via MIMICS software is achieved. Calculation model is the established with numerical calculations performed by ANSYS software. According to the calculations, the blood flow of the knee arteries speeds up and the uniform distribution of velocity enlarges after Uyghur sand therapy, which further confirms the experimental results. Besides, the research also suggests that Uyghur sand therapy has stronger effect on blood flow of knee-joint arteries than the inner diameter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830047, China.
authors.forename: Rongchang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830047, China.
authors.forename: Dilinaer
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mahemut
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830047, China.
authors.forename: Rexiati
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiyipujiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830047, China.
authors.forename: Kuwahan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aihemaiti
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang 830047, China.
authors.forename: Nuerya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ainiwaierjiang
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Uyghur sand therapy; finite element analysis; hemodynamics; velocity of blood flow