Characteristics of electrical skin resistance at acupuncture points in healthy humans

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 495-500

  Kramer, Sybille ^a   Winterhalter, Kathrin ^a   Schober, Gabriel ^a   Becker, Ursula ^a   Wiegele, Bernhard ^b   Kutz, Dieter F ^a   Kolb, Florian P ^a   Zaps, Daniela ^a   Lang, Philip M ^a   Irnich, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN ELECTRODE; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; THERAPY EFFECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149110095     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0331     Document Type: Article

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