Treatment of mild persistent asthma by cutaneous electronic stimulation

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 515-517

  Cooper, C B ^a   Boscardin, W J ^b   Colthurst, J R ^c   Kleerup, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Eumedic Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SALBUTAMOL; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CUTANEOUS ELECTROSTIMULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249127165     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00037409     Document Type: Letter

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