Antispastic effect of electroacupuncture and moxibustion in stroke patients

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-474

  Moon, Sang Kwan ^a,b   Whang, Yeon Kyu ^a   Park, Sung Uk ^a   Ko, Chang Nam ^a   Kim, Young Suk ^a   Bae, Hyung Sup ^a   Cho, Ki Ho ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Moxibustion; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELBOW; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOXIBUSTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12344294273     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03001077     Document Type: Article

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