Relieving pre-exam anxiety syndrome with wrist-ankle acupuncture: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-610

  Shu, Shi ^a   Li, Tong Ming ^a   Fang, Fan Fu ^a   He, Hou Luo ^a   Zhou, Qing Hui ^b   Gu, Wei ^a   Zhou, Shuang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture moxibustion; Pre exam anxiety syndrome; Randomized controlled trials; Wrist ankle acupuncture

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANKLE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHAM PROCEDURE; STUDENT; THERAPY EFFECT; WRIST;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANKLE; ANXIETY; COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME; TEST ANXIETY SCALE; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960068681     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20110605     Document Type: Article

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