Changes of renal blood flow during organ-associated foot reflexology measured by colour Doppler sonography;Änderung der nierendurchblutung durch organ-assoziierte reflexzonentherapie am fuss gemessen mit farbkodierter Doppler-sonographie

Forschende Komplementarmedizin und Klassische Naturheilkunde

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Sudmeier, I ^a   Bodner, G ^b   Egger, I ^c   Mur, E ^a   Ulmer, H ^d   Herold, M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^c Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

^d Inst F Biostatistik Dokumentation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Foot reflexology; Reflexotherapy; Renal blood flow; Resistive index

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; MASSAGE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MASSAGE; RENAL CIRCULATION; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032588884     PISSN: 14247364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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