Violet Laser Acupuncture-Part 3: Pilot Study of Potential Effects on Temperature Distribution

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-167

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Huang, Tao ^a,b   Zhang, Weibo ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

405 nm; Infrared thermography; Meridians; Temperature; Traditional Chinese medicine; Violet laser acupuncture

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LASER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIOLET LASER ACUPUNCTURE;

EID: 80053545647     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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