A comparison of effects on regional pressure pain threshold produced by deep needling of LI4 and LI11, individually and in combination

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 278-287

  Li, Weihong ^a   Cobbin, Deirdre ^a   Zaslawski, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; LI11; LI4; Pressure pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; NEEDLE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENSION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 50249163683     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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