Effects of acupuncture at the Hoku acupoint on the pulsatile laser Doppler signal at the heartbeat frequency

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-560

  Hsiu, Hsin ^a   Hsu, Wei Chen ^b   Hsu, Chia Liang ^a   Jan, Ming Yie ^c   Wang Lin, Yuh Ying ^c,d  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Laser Doppler; Microcirculation; Pulse

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PULSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649987986     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-008-0610-y     Document Type: Article

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