A new method for quantifying the needling component of acupuncture treatments

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Davis, Robert T ^a   Churchill, David L ^a   Badger, Gary J ^b   Dunn, Julie ^c   Langevin, Helene M ^a,d  

^a Stromatec   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862893508     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2011-010111     Document Type: Article

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