The effect of Ting point (tendinomuscular meridians) electroacupuncture on thermal pain: A model for studying the neuronal mechanism of acupuncture analgesia

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 653-661

  Leung, Albert ^a,b   Khadivi, Bahram ^c   Duann, Jeng Ren ^d   Cho, Z H ^e   Yaksh, Tony ^a  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENDON; THERMAL STIMULATION; TING POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MERIDIANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24644470920     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.653     Document Type: Article

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