The effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on physical performance by sedentary subjects submitted to ergospirometric test on the treadmill

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 134-140

  Gentil, D ^a,c   Assumpcao J ^b   Yamamura, Y ^a   Barros Neto, T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Federal University of São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Ergospirometry; Exercise, physiology; Moxibustion

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOXIBUSTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPIROMETER; TRAINING; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOXIBUSTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33745438146     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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