Discrimination accuracy between real and sham needles using the Park sham device in the upper and lower limbs

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-214

  Tan, Chee Wee ^a   Sheehan, Padraig ^a   Santos, Derek ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; MALE; NEEDLE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; NEEDLES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052439247     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.003210     Document Type: Article

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