Acupuncture for urinary incontinence in patients with chronic spinal cord injury: A preliminary report

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 665-669

  Honjo, Hisashi ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a   Kawakita, Kenji ^a   Saitoh, Masahito ^a   Ukimuta, Osamu ^b   Kojima, Munekado ^b   Watanabe, Hiroki ^b   Aramaki, Shunzo ^c  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Spinal cord injury; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; HUMAN; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031869525     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.89.665     Document Type: Article

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