Noninvasive blood flow measurement over acupuncture points (Gb21): A pilot study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Bürklein, Meike ^a   Banzer, Winfried ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33847255327     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.9149     Document Type: Article

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