Evaluation of Applied Kinesiology meridian techniques by means of surface electromyography (sEMG): Demonstration of the regulatory influence of antique acupuncture points

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moncayo, Roy ^a   Moncayo, Helga ^a  

^a WOMED   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC OXIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KINESIOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NEURAL THERAPY; SCAR; SEDATION; THERAPY;

EID: 67649295459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-4-9     Document Type: Article

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