Acupuncture and heart rate variability: A systematic review

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 5-13

  Lee, Sanghoon ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b,d   Choi, Jun Yong ^c   Lee, Seung Won ^a   Jeong, Sang Yong ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Heart rate variability; Placebo; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRAINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952583207     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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