The Effect of Brief Electrical and Manual Acupuncture Stimulation on Mechanical Experimental Pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-275

  Schliessbach, Juerg ^a   Van Der Klift, Eveline ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c   Curatolo, Michele ^a   Streitberger, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acupuncture Analgesia; Electroacupuncture; Manual Acupuncture Stimulation; Pressure Algometry; Pressure Pain Thresholds

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARGE INTESTINE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79751511873     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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