Transcutaneous electrical acustimulation can reduce visceral perception in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome: A pilot study

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Xing, Jinhong ^a   Larive, Brett ^a   Mekhail, Negy ^a   Soffer, Edy ^b  

^a Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PERCEPTION; RECTUM; SENSATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILOT PROJECTS; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERA;

EID: 0348049539     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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