Evaluation of the immediate effects of manual acupuncture on brachial bicep muscle function in healthy individuals and poststroke patients: A study protocol of a parallel-group randomized clinical trial

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-309

  Fragoso, Ana Paula de Sousa ^a   Ferreira, Arthur de Sa ^b  

^a Augusto Motta University Center   (Brazil)

^b SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Clinical protocols; Electromyography; Movement disorders; Poststroke syndrome; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858602404     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20120309     Document Type: Article

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