Microcirculatory characteristics of acupuncture points obtained by laser Doppler flowmetry

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Hsiu, Hsin ^a   Huang, Shih Min ^a   Chao, Pin Tsun ^b   Jan, Ming Yie ^b   Hsu, Tse Lin ^b   Wang, Wei Kung ^b   Wang, Yuh Ying Lin ^b,c  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupoints; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; KURCHATOVIUM; MICROCIRCULATION; TISSUE;

ACUPOINTS; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; BLOOD SUPPLY; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MERIDIAN SYSTEMS; MICROVASCULAR; ORIENTAL MEDICINES;

HISTOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 36049047090     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/10/N01     Document Type: Article

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