Point specificity in acupuncture

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Choi, Emma M ^a   Jiang, Fang ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POINT SPECIFICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIGGER POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84857389010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-7-4     Document Type: Review

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