The effect of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1097-1105

  Suzuki, Masao ^a,b,e   Namura, Kenji ^a   Ohno, Yasushi ^b   Tanaka, Haruhito ^c   Egawa, Masato ^a   Yokoyama, Yoko ^d   Akao, Seigo ^b   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^b   Yano, Tadashi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Gifu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; OXITROPIUM BROMIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349174998     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0786     Document Type: Article

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