Network Analysis of Acupuncture Points Used in the Treatment of Low Back Pain

Table 1

Acupoint pairs with high mutual information values.

Acupoint pairs	MI value
(L) BL24-BL25	0.2678
(L) BL31–BL33	0.2227
(L) BL31–BL34	0.2227
(L) BL33-BL34	0.2227
(L) BL32–GB30	0.2069
(L) BL24–BL26	0.2069
(L) BL25-BL26	0.2023
(L) BL23–BL25	0.2018
(D) BL40–GB34	0.1966
(L) BL23–BL32	0.1909
(D) GB34–ST36	0.1900
(D) BL40–BL60	0.1786
(L) GB30–BL24	0.1786

Acupoint pairs with mutual information values > 0.17 are shown. (L) indicates local acupoint pairs and (D) indicates distant acupoint pairs.