Point injection as an alternative acupuncture technique - An exploratory study of responses in healthy subjects

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 166-174

  Strudwick, Mark W ^a   Hinks, Roderick C ^b   Choy, S T Boris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian College of Natural Medicine Brisbane   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; De qi; Heart rate; Mean arterial pressure; Physiology; Point injection

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEEDLE SENSATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POINT INJECTION; SENSATION; TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 38549181662     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.25.4.166     Document Type: Article

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