Patients with systemic sclerosis have unique and persistent alterations in gastric myoelectrical activity with acupressure to Neiguan point PC6

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 494-501

  Wollaston, Dianne E ^a   Xu, Xiaohong ^a   Tokumaru, Osamu ^b   Chen, Jiande D Z ^a   McNearney, Terry A ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Gastric myoelectrical activity; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BRADYGASTRIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIGRATING MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH POTENTIAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TACHYGASTRIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 15044366117     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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