Brief effect of acupuncture on the peripheral arterial system of the upper limb and systemic hemodynamics in humans

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 707-713

  Takayama, Shin ^a   Seki, Takashi ^a   Watanabe, Masashi ^a   Monma, Yasutake ^a   Yang, San Yue ^a   Sugita, Norihiro ^b   Konno, Satoshi ^b   Saijo, Yoshifumi ^b   Yambe, Tomoyuki ^b   Yaegashi, Nobuo ^a   Yoshizawa, Makoto ^b   Nitta, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; ROTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ARM; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ARM; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; RADIAL ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954903269     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0355     Document Type: Article

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