Effect of Acu-TENS on post-exercise expiratory lung volume in subjects with asthma-A randomized controlled trial

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-353

  Ngai, Shirley P C ^a   Jones, Alice Y M ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^b   Ko, Fanny W S ^c   Hui, David S C ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Asthma; Exercise; FEV1; TENS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VITAL CAPACITY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ASTHMA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 67651124748     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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