Physiologic responses to acupuncture point stimulation: A pilot study to evaluate methods and instrumentation

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 V, Issue , 2004, Pages 3611-3614

  Tsunami, D ^a   Colbert, A ^b,c   Lu, Z ^b   Pearson, S ^a   McNames, J ^a   Hammerschlag, R ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b OREGON COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture stimulation; Electrocardiogram; Electrodermal response; Physiologic response to acupuncture

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACUPUNCTURE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; NEEDLES; NEUROLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACUPUNCTURE STIMULATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSE TO ACUPUNCTURE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

EID: 11144284762     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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