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12467083

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
Acupuncture meridians traditionally are believed to constitute channels connecting the surface of the body to internal organs. We hypothesize that the network of acupuncture points and meridians can be viewed as a representation of the network formed by interstitial connective tissue. This hypothesis is supported by ultrasound images showing connective tissue cleavage planes at acupuncture points in normal human subjects. To test this hypothesis, we mapped acupuncture points in serial gross anatomical sections through the human arm. We found an 80% correspondence between the sites of acupuncture points and the location of intermuscular or intramuscular connective tissue planes in postmortem tissue sections. We propose that the anatomical relationship of acupuncture points and meridians to connective tissue planes is relevant to acupuncture's mechanism of action and suggests a potentially important integrative role for interstitial connective tissue.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-276X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
269
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
257-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-1-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationship of acupuncture points and meridians to connective tissue planes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405, USA. hlangevi@zoo.uvm.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.