Characterization of De Qi with electroacupuncture at acupoints with different properties

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1007-1013

  Zhou, Kehua ^a,b   Fang, Jiliang ^a   Wang, Xiaoling ^a   Wang, Yin ^a   Hong, Yang ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Xue, Chao ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Liu, Baoyan ^a   Zhu, Bing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SENSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; PAIN; QI; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455127611     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0652     Document Type: Article

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