The impact of asynchronous electroacupuncture stimulation duration on cold thermal pain threshold

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 932-935

  Wang, Shu Ming ^a   Lin, Eric C ^a   Maranets, Inna ^a   Kain, Zeev N ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COLD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70149097151     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181ad9292     Document Type: Article

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