Study of autonomic nervous activity of night shift workers treated with laser acupuncture

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-279

  Wu, Jih Huah ^a   Chen, Hsin Yang ^b   Chang, Yu Ju ^c   Wu, Hung Chien ^d   Chang, Wen Dien ^e,f   Chu, Yi Jing ^e   Jiang, Joe Air ^e  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Da Chien General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE STIMULATIONS; AFTER TREATMENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; HEART RATES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LASER ENERGIES; LASER TREATMENTS; LOW FREQUENCIES; PLACEBO GROUPS; REST PERIODS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SYMPATHETIC NERVES; TREATMENT GROUPS;

ACUPUNCTURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

LASERS;

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART NERVE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; RECUMBENCY; REST; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349175644     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2235     Document Type: Article

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