Effects of acupuncture at Neiguan (PC 6) of the pericardial meridian on blood pressure and heart rate variability

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-177

  Chang, Shyang ^a   Chao, Wei Lun ^b   Chiang, Meng Ju ^a,c   Li, Shiun Jeng ^a   Lu, Yu Tsung ^d   Ma, Chia Mei ^e   Cheng, Hsiu Yao ^f   Hsieh, Sheng Hwu ^g  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IBM Taiwan Corporation   (Taiwan)

^c NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d Senno Technology   (Taiwan)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^f TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Heart rate variability (HRV); Pulse pressure wave; Vasodilatation and vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SENSATION;

EID: 54849417989     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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