The analgesic effects of acupuncture on experimental pain threshold and somatosensory evoked potentials in healthy volunteers

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 219-225

  Johnson, M I ^a   Kundu, S ^b   Ashton, C H ^b   Marsh, V R ^b   Thompson, J W ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029829412     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(96)80074-4     Document Type: Article

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