title: Study on Force Mechanism for Therapeutic Effect of Pushing Manipulation with One-Finger Meditation Base on Similarity Analysis of Force and Waveform.
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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China. fanglei586@126.com.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Department of Tuina, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics and Engineer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200437, China.
authors.forename: Min-Min
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology*; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008405:Massage / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D019122:Meditation / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
keywords: Tuina; biomechanics; force characteristics; pushing manipulation with one-finger meditation; waveform