Safe needling depths of upper back acupoints in children: a retrospective study

Ma, Yi-Chun; Peng, Ching-Tien; Huang, Yu-Chuen; Lin, Hung-Yi; Lin, Jaung-Geng

doi:10.1186/s12906-016-1060-x

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies

Table 4 Safe depths of 23 upper back acupoints in different weight groups

From: Safe needling depths of upper back acupoints in children: a retrospective study

Points	<3rd (n = 32)	3–<85th (n = 215)	85–<97th (n = 42)	≥97th (n = 29)	P value
Points	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	P value
GV9	23.95 ± 5.74	26.00 ± 7.55	29.07 ± 9.61	32.00 ± 13.69	<0.001^a
GV10	25.88 ± 5.85	26.45 ± 7.16	30.51 ± 8.18	34.18 ± 13.32	<0.001^a
GV11	24.98 ± 5.10	26.41 ± 6.55	29.28 ± 8.97	34.25 ± 12.74	<0.001^a
GV12	27.58 ± 6.53	28.12 ± 6.65	32.47 ± 9.81	38.48 ± 19.01	<0.001^a
GV13	30.21 ± 8.23	31.25 ± 8.44	35.47 ± 9.16	40.42 ± 16.13	<0.001^a
GV14	31.31 ± 9.68	31.66 ± 9.36	34.88 ± 12.04	38.63 ± 16.11	0.004^a
BL11	29.99 ± 9.18	30.87 ± 8.57	33.96 ± 10.81	37.51 ± 16.68	0.003^a
BL12	33.08 ± 9.92	33.58 ± 8.33	36.21 ± 8.89	39.23 ± 12.94	0.007^a
BL13	26.25 ± 4.70	26.96 ± 4.99	29.26 ± 6.82	33.51 ± 12.84	<0.001^a
BL14	21.86 ± 5.44	23.45 ± 6.48	25.99 ± 8.42	28.99 ± 12.37	<0.001^a
BL15	22.86 ± 4.42	24.13 ± 5.20	27.28 ± 6.72	29.73 ± 10.12	<0.001^a
BL16	21.36 ± 5.25	22.50 ± 5.90	25.42 ± 7.59	28.89 ± 10.86	<0.001^a
BL17	22.23 ± 4.57	24.13 ± 6.07	26.70 ± 6.78	29.35 ± 9.86	<0.001^a
BL41	26.45 ± 5.32	29.14 ± 7.03	31.83 ± 10.67	36.77 ± 15.45	<0.001^a
BL42	24.59 ± 5.71	26.38 ± 6.55	29.53 ± 6.86	35.74 ± 15.50	<0.001^a
BL43	22.17 ± 4.95	23.00 ± 5.34	26.11 ± 8.25	30.98 ± 13.86	<0.001^a
BL44	17.10 ± 4.24	19.06 ± 6.13	22.28 ± 8.10	25.90 ± 13.45	<0.001^a
BL45	15.01 ± 4.16	17.28 ± 5.57	20.52 ± 7.03	24.72 ± 11.74	<0.001^a
BL46	15.41 ± 4.58	16.80 ± 4.87	20.12 ± 6.69	23.66 ± 12.14	<0.001^a
SI14	31.64 ± 9.57	33.98 ± 9.68	37.57 ± 12.13	45.52 ± 20.78	<0.001^a
SI15	35.12 ± 10.03	36.39 ± 10.09	38.22 ± 12.86	45.15 ± 18.52	0.001^a
GB21	25.40 ± 9.45	26.32 ± 7.88	31.09 ± 9.68	33.27 ± 13.27	<0.001^a
SP21	17.97 ± 4.26	18.83 ± 4.12	20.26 ± 4.15	22.46 ± 5.89	<0.001^a

Unit of mean ± SD: mm
^aStatistically significant

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