Laser needle acupuncture at Neiguan (PC6) does not mediate heart rate variability in young, healthy men

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Hübscher, Markus ^a   Vogt, Lutz ^a   Banzer, Winfried ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NEEDLES; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HEART RATE VARIABILITY; LASER NEEDLE ACUPUNCTURE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIALS;

ACUPUNCTURE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOREARM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PERICARDIUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33947380667     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.2056     Document Type: Article

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