The impact of site specificity and needle manipulation on changes to pain pressure threshold following manual acupuncture: A controlled study

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-21

  Zaslawski, Chris J ^a   Cobbin, D ^a   Lidums, E ^a   Petocz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE INTESTINE; LASER; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NEEDLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0037357540     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-2299(02)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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