Stimulation of gastric slow waves with manual acupuncture at acupuncture points ST36 and PC6 - A randomized single blind controlled trial

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 438-445

  Witt, C M ^a   Meissner, K ^b,c   Pach, D ^a   Thiele, C ^a   Ludtke R ^d   Ghadiyali, Z ^a   Deter, H C ^a   Zimmermann Viehoff, F ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Autonomic nervous system; Electrogastrography; Gastric motility; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH STIMULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RESPIRATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STOMACH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859724607     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2012.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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