Acupuncture effects on autonomic responses to cold pressor and handgrip exercise in healthy humans

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-118

  Middlekauff, Holly R ^a   Shah, Janki B ^a   Yu, Jun Liang ^a,b   Hui, Kakit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Div Gen Int Med Hlth Serv Res   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Blood pressure; Cold pressor test; Exercise; Mental stress

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HAND GRIP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; EXERTION; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 2342503758     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-004-0171-5     Document Type: Article

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