Cupping: From a biomechanical perspective

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2183-2193

  Tham, L M ^a   Lee, H P ^a,b   Lu, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cupping; Finite element model; Mechanical testing; Soft tissue mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CUPPING; FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; SOFT-TISSUE MECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

FAT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKIN; SKIN BRUISING; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

CONTUSIONS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VACUUM;

EID: 33747430155     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.06.027     Document Type: Article

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