The effect of low versus high frequency electrical acupoint stimulation on motor recovery after ischemic stroke by motor evoked potentials study

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-54

  Kim, Young Suk ^a   Hong, Jin Woo ^a,b   Na, Byung Jo ^a   Park, Seong Uk ^a   Jung, Woo Sang ^a   Moon, Sang Kwan ^a   Park, Jung Mi ^a   Ko, Chang Nam ^a   Cho, Ki Ho ^a   Bae, Hyung Sup ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrical Acupoint Stimulation; Frequency Specificity; Ischemic Stroke; Motor Evoked Potentials

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH KOREA; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 44049089417     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08005576     Document Type: Article

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