Research Article

Change of Safe Needling Depth at Acupoint GB21 according to Posture and Breathing

Table 2

Depth at GB21 according to subject positions and sex.

Pleural membrane (Lung)
TotalMaleFemale value
()()()(male versus female)

PPB0.000
PPA0.000
StP0.000
-value4.0792.1924.797

StP: sitting position; PPA: prone position A; PPB: prone position B; data are represented as the mean ± SD (mm); (1) statistical significance was tested using -tests between male and female subjects. ,  ; (2) statistical significance was tested using one-way analysis of variance among the position groups.