Laser acupuncture and analgesia: Preliminary evidence for a transient and opioid-mediated effect

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6140, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Whittaker, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Analgesia; Laser; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANALGESIA; CONTROL PROTOCOLS; HUMAN PAIN QUANTIFICATION; OPIOIDS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745392287     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.648518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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