A Comparative Study on the Immediate Effects of Electroacupuncture at Sanyinjiao (SP6), Xuanzhong (GB39) and a Non-Meridian Point, on Menstrual Pain and Uterine Arterial Blood Flow, in Primary Dysmenorrhea Patients

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1564-1575

  Ma, Yu Xia ^a   Ma, Liang Xiao ^b   Liu, Xue Lian ^a   Ma, Yu Xiang ^c   Lv, Kun ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Liu, Jian Ping ^b   Xing, Jian Min ^b   Cao, Hui Juan ^b   Gao, Shu Zhong ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Medical Imaging Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Acupoint specificity; Electroacupuncture; Primary dysmenorrhea; Sanyinjiao (sp6); Uterine arterial blood flow

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERINE ARTERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77957226953     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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