Can heat and cold be parameterized? Clinical data of a preliminary study

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 532-537

  Doenitz, Christoph A ^a,b,c   Anjos, Ana ^a,c   Efferth, Thomas ^d   Greten, Tobias ^b,c   Greten, Henry J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b German Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

^c Heidelberg School of Chinese Medicine   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Blood flow velocity; Clinical trials; Femoral fracture; Hemoglobins; Microcirculation; Traditional Chinese medicine theories

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTROSCOPY; WHITE LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MERIDIANS; MICROCIRCULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861598248     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20120508     Document Type: Article

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