Objective To explore the feasibility of judgment of the lifting-thrusting acupuncture manipulation by using "quality control figure" measurement

so as to provide a possible reference for demonstration in acupuncture teaching and scienti-fic research.Methods A total of 13 high-professional title acupuncturists and teachers and 100 college students participated in the present study.The so-called "quality control figures" of lifting-thrusting acupuncture skill were established by collecting operation data from 13 acupuncturists and teachers with an "Acupuncture Manipulation Parameter Detector System".A total of 100 college students who have learnt acupuncture and massage learnings were asked to perform the same acupuncture manipulation after training

followed by giving a mark with conventional manipulation method and "quality control figure" method(scores)

respectively.In addition

the correlation between these two scoring methods was analyzed.Results The average score of conventional scoring of lifting-thrusting manipulation was(81.03±8.40) points and that of "quality control figure" scoring was(80.60± 7.48) points in those college students after training.No significant difference was found between these two scoring methods(P>0.05).But a positive correlation was found between them(r =0.6943

P<0.01)

suggesting a positive feasibility for judging the lifting-thrusting acupuncture manipulation with "quality control figure" measurement.Conclusion A positive correlation exists between the conventional scoring and "quality control figure" scoring for lifting-thrusting acupuncture manipulation

suggesting a feasibility in judging this acupuncture manipulation with "quality control figure" measurement.