Effects of acupressure on menstrual distress in adolescent girls: A comparison between Hegu-Sanyinjiao Matched Points and Hegu, Zusanli single point

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 998-1007

  Chen, Huei Mein ^a,b   Chen, Chung Hey ^b,c  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Menstrual distress; Nurses; Nursing; Primary dysmenorrhoea

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TAIWAN;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955973415     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02872.x     Document Type: Article

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