Acupressure on the extra 1 acupoint: The effect on bispectral index, serum melatonin, plasma β-endorphin, and stress

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Fassoulaki, Argyro ^a,d   Paraskeva, Anteia ^a   Kostopanagiotou, Georgia ^a,c   Tsakalozou, Eleftheria ^b   Markantonis, Sophia ^b  

^a Aretaieio Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; MELATONIN;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846436799     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000250911.43942.4e     Document Type: Article

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