Immediate effects of acupuncture on biceps brachii muscle function in healthy and post-stroke subjects

Chinese Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fragoso, Ana P S ^a   Ferreira, Arthur S ^a,b  

^a Centro Universitario Augusto Motta   (Brazil)

^b SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84858055493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-7-7     Document Type: Article

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