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Table 1 Acupuncture points, their innervations, and their anatomical positions

From: Treatments of pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: adverse effects of standard treatment, acupuncture and stabilising exercises on the pregnancy, mother, delivery and the fetus/neonate

Points

Segmental innervation

Tissue localisation

GV 20

N trigeminus (V), occipitalis minor (C2), occipitalis major (C2-3)

Aponeurosis epicrani tissue

LI 4 bilateral

N ulnaris medianus (C8, Th 1)

M interosseus.dorsalis I lumbricalis II, adduktor pollicis

BL 26 bilateral

N thoracodorsalis (C6-8), toracicus (Th 9–12), lumbalis (L1-3)

N. thoracolumbalis, m erector spinae

BL 32 bilateral

N thoracodorsalis (C6-8), toracicus (Th 9–12), lumbalis (L1-3)

Fascia thoracolumbalis, m erector spinae

BL 33 bilateral

N. thoracodorsalis (C6-8) toracicus (Th 9–12), lumbalis (L1-3)

Fascia thoracolumbalis, m erector spinae

BL 54 bilateral

N gluteus inferior (L5, S1-2)

M gluteus maximus

KI 11 bilateral

N thoracicus (Th 6–12), subcostalis

Vagina m. recti abdominis

BL 60 bilateral

N. suralis (S2)

Fibrotic tissue

EX 21 bilateral

N lumbalis, sacralis (L4-5, S1-2)

Fascia thoracolumbalis, m. erector spinae

GB 30 bilateral

N gluteus inferior (L5, S1), obturatorius internus (L4-5, S1)

M gluteus maximus, gemellus superior, piriformis

SP 12 bilateral

N. thoracicus, lumbalis (Th 7–12, L1)

Aponeurosis mm. obliquus externus, abdominus internus

ST 36 bilateral

N. peroneus profundus (L4-5)

M tibialis anterior

  1. LI, large intestine channel; BL, bladder channel; KI, kidney channel; GB, gall bladder channel; ST, stomach channel; GV, governor vessel channel