Heart rate and electroencephalogram changes caused by finger acupressure on planta pedis

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-259

  Sugiura, Toshifumi ^a   Horiguchi, Hiroko ^a   Sugahara, Kiyoko ^b   Takeda, Chisako ^b   Samejima, Michikazu ^b   Fujii, Atsunori ^c   Okita, Yoshimitsu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEIREI CHRISTOPHER UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Electroencephalogram; Heart rate; Planta pedis; Spectral power

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOOT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34248578389     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.257     Document Type: Article

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