Table 1.
Acupoints selected for use in the study
| Acupoints | Location |
| Jianjing (GB-21) | On the shoulder, directly above the nipple, at the midpoint of the line connecting Dazhui (DU-14) with the acromial end of clavicle |
| Jianzhongshu (SI-15) | On the back, 2 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra |
| Wangu (GB-12) | On the head, in the depression posterior and inferior to the mastoid process |
| Fengchi (GB-20) | On the nape, below the occipital, on a level with Fengfu (DU-16), in the depression between the upper portion of trapezius and the sternocleidomastoid |
| Tianzhu (BL-10) | On the nape, 1.3 cun lateral to the posterior hairline, in the depression of the posterior hairline lateral to the trapezius muscle |
| Dazhui (DU-14) | On the posterior median line, in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra |
| Dazhu (BL-11) | On the back, 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra |
| Jianwaishu (SI-14) | On the back, 3 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra |
| Tianliao (SJ-15) | On the region of scapula, at the midpoint of the line connecting Jianjing (GB-21) with Quyuan (SI-13), on the superior angle of the scapula |
| Jugu (LI-16) | In the upper portion of the shoulder, in the depression between the acromial end of clavicle and the scapular spine |
| Tianzong (SI-11) | In the region of the scapula, in the depression of the centre of the subscapular fossa, on a level with the fourth thoracic vertebra |
| Shousanli (LI-10) | Flexing the elbow, on the dorsal radial side of the forearm, on the line connecting Yangxi (LI-5) with Quchi (LI-11), 2 cun below the transverse cudital crease |
| Lieque (LU-7) | On the radial margin of the forearm, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, between the branchioradial muscle and the long abductor muscle tendon of thumb |
| Zhongzhu (SJ-3) | On the dorsum of the hand, in the depression between the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, proximal to the fourth metacarpalangeal joint |
| Houxi (SI-3) | On the ulna side of the palm, proximate to the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, at the end of transverse crease of metacarpophalangeal joint, at the dorsoventral boundary |