Fifteen-day Acupuncture Treatment Relieves Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-103

  Tong, Yanqing ^a   Guo, Hongyang ^a   Han, Bing ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

acupuncture; diabetic peripheral; nerve conduction; neuropathy; subjective symptom; velocity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VIBRATION SENSE; ANALGESIA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953311976     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60018-0     Document Type: Article

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