The testing of classical pulse concepts in Chinese medicine: Left- and right-hand pulse strength discrepancy between males and females and its clinical implications

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 445-450

  King, Emma ^a   Walsh, Sean ^a,b   Cobbin, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINESE MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RADIAL ARTERY PULSE; RADIUS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PALPATION; PULSE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745945642     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.445     Document Type: Article

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