Fascia and the mechanism of acupuncture

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-176

  Finando, Steven ^a   Finando, Donna ^a  

^a Heights HealthCare   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Fascia; Mechanism; Palpation; Placebo; Qi; Sham; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FASCIA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; PLACEBO EFFECT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FASCIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL;

EID: 79952707190     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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