Acute Effects of Acupuncture Treatment with Baihui (GV20) on Human Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Satoh, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acupuncture; arterial pulse wave; augmentation index; Baihui (GV20); central aortic blood pressure; hemodynamic effects

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BAIHUI ACUPUNCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TONOMETRY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651115739     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60045-5     Document Type: Article

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