Quantification of DeQi sensation by visual analog scales in healthy humans after immunostimulating acupuncture treatment

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 753-765

  Kou, Wei ^a,c   Gareus, Isabel ^a   Bell, John D ^a   Goebel, Marion U ^a   Spahn, Günther ^a   Pacheco López, Gustavo ^b   Bäcker, Marcus ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^a   Dobos, Gustav J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; DeQi sensation; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM); Visual analog scales (VASs)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35649016120     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07005247     Document Type: Article

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