Acupuncture treatment for balance disorders following whiplash injury

Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 207-217

  Fattori, Bruno ^a   Borsari, Carlo ^b   Vannucci, Giovanni ^a   Casani, Augusto ^a   Cristofani, Renza ^c   Bonuccelli, Luciano ^d   Ghilardi, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cervical Vertigo; Posturography; Whiplash Injury

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

BALANCE DISORDERS; COMPUTERIZED STATIC POSTUROGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POSTUROGRAPHIC TESTS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE;

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; STABILOGRAPHY; VERTIGO; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0030184143     PISSN: 03601293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/036012996816356861     Document Type: Article

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