Direct current electrical stimulation of acupuncture needles for peripheral nerve regeneration: An exploratory case series

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-93

  Inoue, Motohiro ^a   Katsumi, Yasukazu ^b   Itoi, Megumi ^a   Hojo, Tatsuya ^c   Nakajima, Miwa ^a   Ohashi, Suzuyo ^a   Oi, Yuki ^a   Kitakoji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Uji Takeda Hospital   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; NERVE REGENERATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE RESORPTION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE REGENERATION; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959217608     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.003046     Document Type: Article

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