Effects and possible mechanisms of acupuncture at ST36 on upper and lower abdominal symptoms induced by rectal distension in healthy volunteers

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Jinsong ^a   Huang, Hong ^a   Xu, Xiaohong ^b   Chen, J D Z ^b  

^a UNION HOSPITAL   (China)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional gastrointestinal diseases; Gastrointestinal motility; Slow waves

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL SYMPTOM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DISTENSION; RECTUM DISEASE; STOMACH MOTILITY; UPPER ABDOMINAL SYMPTOM; ABDOMEN; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; VAGUS NERVE;

ABDOMEN; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; BALLOON DILATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RECTUM; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863921059     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00301.2010     Document Type: Article

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