Effects of acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on children with asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1116-1122

  Lin, Chia Hsien ^a   Wang, Mei Hua ^b   Chung, Hsueh Yu ^c   Liu, Chi Feng ^d  

^a CHING KUO INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

asthma; children; electrical nerve stimulation; heart rate turbulence; heart rate variability; pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 78649255954     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.514640     Document Type: Article

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