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24 featured claims with full treatment and a 89-claim unreviewed catalog below. Every claim shows its provenance — most of this case is AI-extracted and unreviewed, and the interface says so.

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The phenomenon at the fingertip9 ▸
VASO-C190Observation

Discrete, exquisitely tender points can be palpated in human muscle and fascia.

Provisionally supportedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
VASO-C191Observation

Such tender points occur commonly across the general population.

UnresolvedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
VASO-C004 · headlineObservation

Sustained pressure on a tender point combined with slow exhalation can produce a felt release of the point within seconds.

Weakly supportedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
VASO-C039Observation

Sustained pressure alone, without breath manipulation, does not release a knot. (True if pressure-only trials produce no felt or measured release where pressure-plus-slow-exhale trials at the same sites do; false if pressure alone suffices.)

UnresolvedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: high
VASO-C005Observation

Active trigger-point sites differ measurably from control tissue in local biochemistry, stiffness, and blood flow.

Provisionally supportedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
VASO-C031Observation

In patients with acute cervical pain, pulsatile arteries within 1–2 cm of active upper-trapezius trigger points show a higher Doppler pulsatility index than arteries near palpably normal sites in the same muscle.

Provisionally supportedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
VASO-C032Observation

Retrograde diastolic flow occurs in arteries near roughly a third (31%) of palpably normal upper-trapezius sites in patients who have trigger points elsewhere in the muscle.

Provisionally supportedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
VASO-C182Observation

On sonoelastography, active sites had larger trigger point areas (mean ± SD, 0.57 ± 0.20 cm²) than latent sites (0.36 ± 0.16 cm²).

Provisionally supportedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
VASO-C187Observation

Palpably normal sites had a mean trigger point area of 0.17 ± 0.22 cm² on sonoelastography.

Provisionally supportedAI-extracteddiagnosticity: low
The neural signature3 ▸
Attention, breath, and the autonomic lever2 ▸
The latch-bridge3 ▸
Blood and computation1 ▸
The vasocomputation synthesis4 ▸
The contemplative maps1 ▸
The trigger-point dispute1 ▸

The unreviewed catalog

89 claims in the ledger that the current edition does not feature — most extracted from the source literature and imported without individual human review. Each is one atomic statement with its anchor; none carries a judgment until an edition features it and its adopted assessment supplies the full treatment.

The phenomenon at the fingertip48 ▸
VASO-C036 · report 2026-09-09-report-vasocomputation-023157Observation

The Doppler resistivity index of arteries near upper-trapezius sites does not differ between active trigger-point, latent trigger-point and palpably normal sites.

AI-extractedPMC3493620 author manuscript, Results, Doppler paragraph (via open-access PMC copy)
VASO-C040 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

The obstruction felt at a knot is a dull blockage or refusal to move, qualitatively distinct from the sharp end-range pain of a stretched muscle. (True if blinded subjects reliably classify the two sensations by quality.)

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VASO-C055 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

Shear-wave elastography and sensitive small-vessel Doppler can be acquired through the same ultrasound probe at knot depths at frame rates sufficient to observe a seconds-scale release. (True if a commercial or research system demonstrates co-registered stiffness and flow at ≥ several frames per second at 1–4 cm depth.)

AI-extracted[p. 15]
VASO-C065 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

Large releases cascade: one cluster letting go is followed by release of neighbouring holdings across a region. (True if a second probe at an adjacent or contralateral site records a release following a primary release more often than chance.)

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VASO-C075 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C038 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

Recently formed (fresh) knots yield within a single session of pressure-and-breath work. (True if newly formed knots, on consistent report, typically release within one session.)

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VASO-C076 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C038 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

Long-standing (ancient) knots take months of repeated work to release. (True if old knots, on consistent report, typically require months of repeated work before releasing.)

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VASO-C079 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C053 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

No published study reports palpable knot burden as a function of age (there is no graph of knot burden versus age). (True if a systematic search finds no such dataset; false if one exists.)

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VASO-C080 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C053 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

No knot census — no systematic count of palpable knots in a population — has ever been conducted, not even a small or poor-quality one. (True if a systematic search finds no such census; false if one exists.)

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VASO-C081 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C057 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

Conventional MRI has largely failed to image trigger points.

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VASO-C082 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C057 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

Trigger points are invisible on T1-weighted MRI.

AI-extracted[p. 16]
VASO-C083 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C059 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

Rheumatology's fibromyalgia-era 18-site tender-point exam has been applied to community samples.

AI-extracted[p. 17]
VASO-C084 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C059 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

In community samples examined with the 18-site tender-point exam, tender points are nearly universal.

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VASO-C085 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C059 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

In those community samples, the median tender-point count is about 6 in women.

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VASO-C086 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C059 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

In those community samples, the median tender-point count is about 3 in men.

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VASO-C087 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C060 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

In community samples, fibromyalgia-era 18-site tender-point counts track psychological distress.

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VASO-C088 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C060 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

In community samples, fibromyalgia-era 18-site tender-point counts track poor sleep.

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VASO-C089 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C060 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

In community samples, tender-point counts do not track tissue damage.

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VASO-C090 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C061 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

Elastography aging data show that bulk resting muscle stiffness can fall with age as muscle quality declines. (True if elastography aging studies report declining mean resting stiffness with age.)

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VASO-C091 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C064 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

Releasing an old, heavily loaded knot cluster can produce a wave of euphoria.

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VASO-C092 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C064 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

During such a release, warmth floods outward from the release site.

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VASO-C146 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Mechanism

The passage states that if the sparks are hyperventilation, the perfusion changes are global rather than local to the knot.

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VASO-C147 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Mechanism

The passage states that if the sparks are hyperventilation, the perfusion changes are equal at sham sites.

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VASO-C148 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Mechanism

The passage states that if the sparks are hyperventilation, the perfusion changes track carbon dioxide rather than the button press marking the felt release.

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VASO-C102 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Practitioners report a strict order: the sheet-separation phase cannot begin at a site until the knots there are gone. (True if practitioner diaries or a prospective series show separation events only at sites with prior knot clearance.)

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VASO-C149 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Felt releases migrate upstream along a perforator tree toward its root. (True if the sequence of felt release sites in a session tracks the perforator tree's branching order toward its feeding trunk.)

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VASO-C150 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Felt releases queue at the trunk's fascial entry, the root of the tree. (True if, after a session's releases converge, the site where releases accumulate and are replaced by others is the trunk perforator's fascial exit — on the posterior scalp, the occipital artery's entry at the superior nuchal line.)

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VASO-C151 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Release runs upstream because a dilation that begins at a branch propagates along the arteriole wall toward the feeding vessel at millimeters to centimeters per second (conducted vasodilation). (True if a felt traveling release is accompanied by a perfusion wave ascending the tree at that speed.)

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VASO-C152 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Release runs upstream because a downstream vessel cannot stay open while the trunk feeding it is shut, so cleared areas come back until something upstream is also cleared. (True if locally cleared knots recur until the upstream trunk perforator is released.)

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VASO-C105 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Cleared knot areas recur until an upstream site is also cleared. (True if recurrence rate at cleared sites falls after clearance of the upstream trunk relative to before.)

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VASO-C106 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The greater occipital nerve pierces the trapezius aponeurosis beside the occipital artery's emergence through the deep fascia at the superior nuchal line. (True if dissection or ultrasound shows the nerve and artery exiting together there.)

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VASO-C154 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Prolonged manipulation can leave the skin's nerves hypoesthetic. (True if the passage states that prolonged manipulation can reduce sensation in the skin's nerves.)

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VASO-C155 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

When the skin's nerves are hypoesthetic, tenderness is not reported even where a perforator is still stuck. (True if the passage states that a damaged finder fails to report tenderness at still-stuck perforators.)

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VASO-C156 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The two states — true knot-free and damaged finder — separate cleanly. (True if the passage states that these two states are cleanly distinguishable by the listed measures.)

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VASO-C121 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

A band of connective tissue (the myodural bridge) runs from the rectus capitis posterior minor through the atlanto-occipital interval to the dura mater. (True if dissection or MRI shows the connection.)

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VASO-C128 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Recognized cutaneous nerve entrapment syndromes (anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment, cluneal entrapment, occipital neuralgia, meralgia paresthetica) are discrete tender points where a neurovascular bundle perforates a fascial layer. (True if the clinical descriptions place the tender point at the fascial perforation site.)

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VASO-C131 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The human body carries on average 374 cutaneous perforators of half a millimeter or more (Taylor & Palmer 1987). (True if the primary angiosome mapping reports that mean.)

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VASO-C132 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Inactivating a key trigger point inactivates its satellite trigger points without treating them (Hong & Simons 1993). (True if the primary clinical report shows satellite resolution after key-point treatment alone.)

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VASO-C135 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Skin blood-flow response to nociceptive stimulation is attenuated over latent trigger points relative to control sites. (True if the primary study shows a smaller provoked cutaneous flow rise at latent points.)

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VASO-C136 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Ischemic compression of an active trigger point produces a transient rise in local blood flow measured by an indwelling microdialysis catheter (Moraska et al. 2013). (True if the primary paper reports that flow change.)

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VASO-C166 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

A single dry-needling stimulus in the trapezius raised oxygen saturation at the needled site for fifteen minutes (Cagnie et al. 2012).

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VASO-C170 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Sikdar et al. (2009) found trigger points in the upper trapezius to appear as discrete hypoechoic nodules on ultrasound.

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VASO-C171 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Sikdar et al. (2009) found trigger points in the upper trapezius to be stiffer than the surrounding tissue.

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VASO-C172 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Sikdar et al. (2009) found abnormal flow around trigger points in the upper trapezius.

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VASO-C173 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The second family of reported phenomena does not respond to rolling at all. (True if practitioner event logs show no change in these phenomena time-locked to rolling sessions.)

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VASO-C181 · report 2026-09-20-report-vasocomputation-112413Observation

In a community general-practice sample examined with the 18-site tender-point count, some subjects reporting no pain had eleven or more tender points. (True if the survey records subjects in the no-pain group with counts at or above eleven.)

AI-extractedPMC2540791, Abstract (Results)
VASO-C184 · split of VASO-C033 (report 2026-09-09-report-vasocomputation-023157); anchored by the splitter in the same textObservation

Active trigger point sites were significantly larger than latent sites on vibration elastography (P < .01).

AI-extractedResults
VASO-C188 · split of VASO-C183 (split of VASO-C033 (report 2026-09-09-report-vasocomputation-023157)) by the operator, correcting a split that drifted: one of the two propositions the compound bundled, on the compound's own anchorObservation

Active trigger point sites had significantly larger areas on vibration elastography than palpably normal sites (P < .01).

AI-extractedResults
VASO-C189 · split of VASO-C183 (split of VASO-C033 (report 2026-09-09-report-vasocomputation-023157)) by the operator, correcting a split that drifted: one of the two propositions the compound bundled, on the compound's own anchorObservation

Latent trigger point sites had significantly larger areas on vibration elastography than palpably normal sites (P < .01).

AI-extractedResults
The neural signature8 ▸
VASO-C034 · report 2026-09-09-report-vasocomputation-023157Observation

Endplate noise on needle EMG occurs at some endplate-zone sites that are outside any trigger point, at lower prevalence than at trigger-point sites.

AI-extractedAbstract, Results, via Ovid landing page at doi:10.1097/00002060-200203000-00010
VASO-C035 · report 2026-09-09-report-vasocomputation-023157Observation

Endplate noise on needle EMG does not occur at taut-band sites that lie outside the motor endplate zone.

AI-extractedAbstract, Results, via Ovid landing page at doi:10.1097/00002060-200203000-00010
VASO-C041 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Mechanism

The dull, diffuse ache of a knot is carried by unmyelinated interoceptive afferents rather than by the fast myelinated fibers that carry stretch pain. (True if selective nerve-fiber block abolishes knot ache while sparing stretch pain, or vice versa.)

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VASO-C043 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

In chronic pain the somatosensory cortical representation of the affected body region is degraded or blurred. (True if cortical mapping in chronic-pain patients shows reduced discrimination or displaced representation of the painful region relative to controls.)

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VASO-C046 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

Relaxation training lowers spontaneous needle-EMG activity at trigger points. (True if EMG amplitude at the nidus falls during or after a relaxation procedure relative to baseline, in a controlled recording.)

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VASO-C047 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

Local infusion of phentolamine, an alpha-adrenergic blocker, substantially reduces spontaneous electrical activity at a trigger point. (True if a controlled recording shows EMG amplitude at the nidus falling after phentolamine relative to vehicle.)

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VASO-C099 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Mechanism

The 'star' or spark felt when a knot releases is reperfusion paresthesia in the skin territory of one perforator's cutaneous nerve. (True if the felt star maps onto a radial skin patch showing a time-locked perfusion flash; false if perfusion changes are global or absent.)

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VASO-C138 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Needle EMG of equine trigger points records the same spontaneous electrical activity reported in human trigger points. (True if the primary veterinary EMG study reports spontaneous activity at trigger points and not at controls.)

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Attention, breath, and the autonomic lever8 ▸
VASO-C045 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

The fascia of the diaphragm is anatomically continuous with the psoas at T12–L1. (True if dissection or imaging shows continuous fascial connection at that level.)

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VASO-C071 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

No controlled study has shown cognition or a mental state regenerating an anatomical structure. (True if a systematic search finds none; false if one exists.)

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VASO-C097 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

A deep inspiration produces a reflex sympathetic constriction of skin arterioles within about two seconds. (True if laser-Doppler or plethysmographic skin flow falls within ~2 s of an inspiratory gasp in healthy subjects.)

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VASO-C098 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

A slow exhale lets constricted skin arterioles reopen. (True if skin perfusion at a fixed site rises during slow exhalation relative to inspiration, time-locked to the breath.)

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VASO-C130 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Pressure applied during an inhale-and-hold fails to release a knot. (True if pressure trials during breath-hold after inspiration produce no felt or measured release where matched exhale trials do.)

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VASO-C167 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Cutaneous microvascular function declines with age.

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VASO-C168 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Resting sympathetic tone rises with age.

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VASO-C169 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The age curves for knot burden and cutaneous microvascular decline have never been laid on top of each other.

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The latch-bridge6 ▸
VASO-C048 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

Smooth muscle in the latch state is histologically normal — latched tissue looks normal under a microscope. (True if microscopy of latched versus relaxed vascular smooth muscle shows no structural difference.)

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VASO-C050 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Mechanism

Vascular smooth muscle exhibits hysteresis: two vessels under identical present inputs can be in different contractile states depending on their history over the preceding hour. (True if a preparation's force under a fixed stimulus depends on its prior stimulation sequence.)

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VASO-C078 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C049 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Mechanism

The latch is remote-controlled by the autonomic nervous system.

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VASO-C101 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The loose connective tissue around a perforator is rich in hyaluronan. (True if histology or biochemical assay shows elevated hyaluronan in perivascular loose tissue at fascial perforation sites.)

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VASO-C107 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Mechanism

Skin vessels are history-dependent: cold-induced constriction outlasts the cold stimulus. (True if cutaneous flow remains reduced after rewarming for a period exceeding the stimulus.)

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VASO-C153 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Mechanism

The cutaneous perforator bed does not need an economical hold (latch) to keep a knot held.

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Blood and computation5 ▸
The vasocomputation synthesis3 ▸
The contemplative maps11 ▸
VASO-C063 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907Observation

The traditional contemplative maps place the important knots along the torso's midline and the limbs rather than in the head. (True if a blinded coding of rtsa mdud, granthi and ashi locations finds them concentrated on midline and limbs.)

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VASO-C095 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-031907; split from VASO-C067 (2026-09-09-verify-vasocomputation-052024)Observation

The kundalini traditions describe granthi-piercing as waves of bliss and light.

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VASO-C122 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Accounts of awakening across traditions and modern first-person reports often describe the decisive moment as a release at the base of the skull. (True if a coded corpus of awakening accounts locates the event there above other body sites.)

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VASO-C123 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

About eighty percent of classical acupoints coincide with sites where a neurovascular bundle perforates the superficial fascia (Heine 1988). (True if the primary dissection report gives approximately that figure.)

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VASO-C157 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Langevin and Yandow (2002) found that eighty percent of acupuncture points lie on connective-tissue planes between and within muscles.

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VASO-C158 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Langevin and Yandow (2002) found that half of the meridians lie on connective-tissue planes between and within muscles.

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VASO-C159 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The defining feature of each sinew channel in the text is that it 'knots' (the character jie, to bind or tie) at specific places along its course.

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VASO-C160 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The places where the sinew channels knot are bony prominences: the occiput, the mastoid, the cheekbone, the shoulder, the hip, the knee, the heel.

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VASO-C161 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

The Bladder sinew channel knots at the back of the head.

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VASO-C162 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

Propagated sensation along a channel is accompanied by a reported rise in skin temperature along the path.

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VASO-C133 · report 2026-09-09-inbox-vasocomputation-053800Observation

In the largest study of meditation-related experiences, the most common somatic report was pressure or tension that built and then released (Lindahl et al. 2017). (True if the primary paper ranks that category first among somatic reports.)

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rejected claims (17) — kept as tombstones so extraction re-runs don't re-propose them
VASO-C001Rejected

Discrete, exquisitely tender, palpable points occur commonly in human muscle and fascia across the general population.

Refused at the answer's re-reading 2026-09-21 (2026-09-21-answer-vasocomputation-021449): not atomic (Without retrievable source text, quoteInContext, statementSupported and locatorSupported cannot be assessed and are reported false per instruction. The statement bundles two separable propositions—that discrete tender points occur, and that they are common across the general population—the latter of which the cited records (e.g. VASO-E015) explicitly say has never been measured, so it is not atomic. The proposition bears on the case's competing accounts of what muscle knots are, so it is relevant, and as a claim anchor independenceNoted is trivially true.); split into VASO-C190, VASO-C191

VASO-C033Rejected

The area of reduced vibration amplitude on sonoelastography is larger at active trigger-point sites than at latent sites, and larger at latent sites than at palpably normal sites, in the upper trapezius.

Refused at the answer's re-reading 2026-09-20 (2026-09-20-answer-vasocomputation-172213): not atomic (The quoted text appears exactly in the Results paragraph on trigger point areas and is used in the same sense as the source (active > latent > normal in P<.01 comparisons), and the locator correctly points to that paragraph; the proposition also bears on the case's size/tissue-difference accounts. However, the statement bundles two distinct comparative findings (active-vs-latent and latent-vs-normal) into one sentence, so it is not a single atomic proposition and should be split into two separate claims each judged on its own comparison.); split into VASO-C182, VASO-C183, VASO-C184

VASO-C038Rejected

Recently formed knots release within a single session of pressure-and-breath work, while long-standing knots require months of repeated work. (True if time-to-release, measured objectively or by consistent report, scales with the knot's age.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C075, VASO-C076; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C042Rejected

Fascial densification — increased viscosity of the hyaluronan between fascial layers — is reversible by pressure, movement and warmth, and increases with age. (True if hyaluronan viscosity or fascial gliding measures change reversibly under those inputs and worsen with age.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C077; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C049Rejected

Sympathetic stress chemistry promotes latch-bridge formation, and the nitric-oxide relaxation pathway promotes unlatching. (True if adrenergic agonists increase latch-state force maintenance and NO donors reverse it in vascular smooth-muscle preparations.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C078; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C053Rejected

No published study reports palpable knot burden as a function of age or its distribution across the body. (True if a systematic search finds no such natural-history dataset; false if one exists.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C079, VASO-C080; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C057Rejected

Conventional structural MRI largely fails to image trigger points: they are invisible on T1-weighted imaging, with only preliminary promise on T2 mapping. (True if published MRI studies report no reliable T1 correlate of palpated trigger points.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C081, VASO-C082; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C059Rejected

In community samples examined with the 18-site fibromyalgia tender-point protocol, tender points are nearly universal, with median counts of about 6 in women and 3 in men. (True if a population survey reports those distributions.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C083, VASO-C084, VASO-C085, VASO-C086; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C060Rejected

Tender-point counts in community samples track psychological distress and poor sleep rather than tissue damage. (True if counts correlate with distress and sleep measures and not with injury or structural-pathology markers.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C087, VASO-C088, VASO-C089; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C061Rejected

Bulk resting muscle stiffness on elastography can fall with age as muscle quality declines while focal stiff spots accumulate. (True if aging elastography data show declining mean stiffness alongside rising spatial variance or focal-spot count.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C090; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C064Rejected

Release of an old, heavily loaded knot cluster can produce a wave of euphoria with warmth radiating from the site and minutes of immobility. (True if such events are reported by multiple independent practitioners under standardized questioning and can be rated at the time.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C091, VASO-C092; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C066Rejected

The magnitude of euphoria at a release tracks the amplitude of the concurrent stiffness drop and perfusion rise. (True if rated release intensity correlates with imaged stiffness and flow changes across events.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C093, VASO-C094; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C067Rejected

Contemplative traditions describe the untying of bodily knots (rtsa mdud, granthis) as accompanied by bliss and, in deep states, bodily immobility. (True if primary texts of those traditions contain such descriptions.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into VASO-C095; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C074Rejected

Drugs that modulate the nitric-oxide pathway or sympathetic tone change how easily knots release. (True if a controlled pharmacological challenge alters release rate or threshold relative to placebo.)

Not atomic (AGENTS.md §3.2): the statement bundled more than one proposition. Split on 2026-09-09 by the atomicity pass (scripts/migrations/2026-09-09-split-compound.ts; reader claude-sonnet-5, splitter claude-fable-5-1) into no part the reader accepted on the same anchor; this record stands as the tombstone.

VASO-C183Rejected

Active and latent trigger point sites had significantly larger areas on vibration elastography than palpably normal sites (0.17 ± 0.22 cm²; P < .01).

Refused at the answer's re-reading 2026-09-20 (2026-09-20-answer-vasocomputation-192504): not atomic (The quoted sentence appears in Results and is used faithfully, and the normal-site value cited matches the abstract's reported figure, so the anchor is contextually and locator-accurate. However, the statement bundles two separable comparisons—active-vs-normal and latent-vs-normal—into a single claim, even though the ROC/AUC data in the source show these are independently testable relationships (e.g., different AUCs for each pairing), so it is not atomic. The proposition, once split, does bear on the case's competing mechanistic accounts of trigger point structure.); split into VASO-C185, VASO-C186, VASO-C187; the split's parts were corrected by the operator on 2026-09-20 (session_01AiXD4y5Y91KC7iM3uBhWmu, operator-by-hand-v1): VASO-C185, a duplicate of VASO-C184, and VASO-C186, not a proposition of this claim, refused; the two propositions bundled here entered as VASO-C188 and VASO-C189, with VASO-C187 the normal-site value

VASO-C185Rejected

Active sites had significantly larger trigger point areas than latent sites (P < .01).

Refused by the operator on 2026-09-20 (session_01AiXD4y5Y91KC7iM3uBhWmu, operator-by-hand-v1): a duplicate of VASO-C184 — the same proposition on the same anchor — entered by a split of VASO-C183 that drifted to propositions the compound did not bundle (the GPT-5.6 Sol seat's objection on #372 at cded154).

VASO-C186Rejected

Trigger point areas assessed by vibration elastography showed trends similar to those of pain pressure threshold scores.

Refused by the operator on 2026-09-20 (session_01AiXD4y5Y91KC7iM3uBhWmu, operator-by-hand-v1): not a proposition VASO-C183 bundled — the anchor's neighbouring sentence on pain-pressure thresholds — entered by a split that drifted (the GPT-5.6 Sol seat's objection on #372 at cded154). The proposition may be proposed on its own with its own anchor.