Comparing the treatment effectiveness of body acupuncture and auricular acupuncture in preoperative anxiety treatment

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-42

  Wu, Shengjun ^a   Liang, Jie ^b   Zhu, Xia ^a   Liu, Xufeng ^a   Miao, Danmin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anxiety; Patients; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 79551697038     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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