Magnets applied to acupuncture points as therapy - A literature review

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-170

  Colbert, Agatha P ^a,b   Cleaver, James ^a   Brown, Kimberly Ann ^a   Harling, Noelle ^b   Hwang, Yuting ^a   Schiffke, Heather C ^a   Brons, John ^b   Qin, Youping ^b  

^a Helfgott Research Institute

^b National College of Natural Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acu magnet therapy; Acupuncture points; Dosimetry; Permanent magnet; Static magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSIMETRY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGGER POINT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; PAIN; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 55049090607     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.26.3.160     Document Type: Review

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