Violet Laser Acupuncture-Part 4: Acute Effects on Human Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-174

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Gaischek, Ingrid ^a   Gao, Xin Yan ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Arterial pulse wave velocity (PWV); Augmentation index (AIx); Baihui (GV20); Hemodynamic effects; Traditional Chinese medicine; Violet laser acupuncture

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA ROOT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VIOLET LASER ACUPUNCTURE;

EID: 80053546148     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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