Effects of acupuncture stimulation on recovery ability of male elite basketball athletes

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-481

  Lin, Zen Pin ^a,b   Lan, Lawrence W ^a   He, Tsung Ying ^c   Lin, Shi Pin ^d   Lin, Jang Geng ^e   Jang, Tsong Rong ^f   Ho, Tsung Jung ^e  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Basketball; Blood lactic acid; Heart rate; Neiguan (PC6); VO2max; Zusanli (ST36)

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE RECOVERY; EXHAUSTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BASKETBALL; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249091427     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09006989     Document Type: Article

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