Effects of three different stimulations (acupuncture, moxibustion, acupuncture plus moxibustion) of BL.67 acupoint at small toe on fetal behavior of breech presentation

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Neri, Isabella ^a   De Pace, Viviana ^a   Venturini, Paolo ^a   Facchinetti, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acupuncture Point BL.67 Point; Breech Presentation; Computerized Non stress Test; Moxibustion

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOXIBUSTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MOXIBUSTION; PREGNANCY; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846807573     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X0700459X     Document Type: Article

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