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Human study finger pressure at each line and point (three

time per one volunteer) and mean value were
Participants
calculated. This tool was designed by the

Six healthy volunteers (3 males, 3 fe- Department of Mechatronics Engineering,
males) students of Applied Thai Traditional Mahasarakham University Faculty of Engi-
[16]
Medicine with the following inclusion crite- neering (Figure 1).
ria; anatomically unremarkable, male height
165-175 cm female height 155-165 cm, Body Anatomical study
2
Mass Index (BMI) 18-22.5 kg/m . Participants
Cadaver
with fractures, vertebral abnormality, trauma,
and tumor were excluded. Five cadavers were used: 3 males and 2

females, aged between 60 and 80 years with
Location
mean age 70.8 ± 7.6 years (mean ± SD). All
The BLs, MPs and SPs were located by cadavers had signed body donation consent

an Applied Thai Traditional Medicine practi- prior to their deaths to Department of
tioner and marked on the trunks of six healthy Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kean
volunteers. All of the lines and points were University, Thailand. They were kept in su-

percussion, auscultation, and manual palpa- pine position covered with a plastic bag in
tion. Important locations were classified as the anatomical laboratory, Mahasarakham

described in table 1. University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand during
The average finger (digit) and palm (heel 2016. Cadavers with a history of abnormali-
[9]
of hand) dimensions determined previously ties, skin lesions, surgical lesions, bone frac-
were used to located BLs, MPs and SPs in tures, trauma, and tumor involving the abdo-
this study. men, and back were excluded from this study.

Finger Pressure Massage Measurement Dissection

The fingerûs pressure massage at the The 6BLs, 5MPs and 10 SPs were lo-

trunk was measured by one researcher dur- cated and marked as shown in table 1 and
ing massage in the healthy volunteers (n = 6) dissected according to laboratory guidelines
using the Acupressure Testing Set for TTM. based on Cunninghamûs Manual of Practical

Acupressure Testing Set for TTM was Anatomy by a specialist in Applied Thai Tra-
adopted for the force measuring device of ditional Medicine and anatomist to determine