Microcirculatory changes by laser doppler after infrared heating over acupuncture points - Relevance to moxibustion

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 855-861

  Hsiu, Hsin ^a   Hsu, Wei Chen ^b   Hsu, Chia Liang ^a   Huang, Shih Ming ^a   Lin, Yuh Ying Wang ^c,d  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPOINTS; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; BASELINE DATA; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; LASER DOPPLER; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCAL HEATING; MICROCIRCULATORY RESPONSE; PERIODIC OSCILLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; RELATIVE ENERGIES; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEATING; INFRARED LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

MICROCIRCULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICROCIRCULATION; MOXIBUSTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73849128065     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2390     Document Type: Article

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