Impact of surgical intervention and postoperative pain on electrical skin resistance at acupuncture points: An exploratory study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Kramer, Sybille ^a   Zaps, Daniela ^a   Kutz, Dieter F ^a   Wiegele, Bernhard ^b   Kolb, Florian P ^a   Zimmer, Katrin ^c   Lehmeyer, Lukas ^a   Fleckenstein, Johannes ^a   Becker, Ursula ^a   Lang, Philip M ^a   Irnich, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c District General Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SKIN;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84862861904     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2011-010118     Document Type: Article

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