Analgesic effects of balanced acupuncture versus body acupuncture in low-back and leg pain patients with lumbar disc herniation, as assessed by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1624-1629

  Ye, Yongsong ^a   Liu, Bo ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Amygdala; Balanced acupuncture; Body acupuncture; Functional connectivity; Low back and leg pain; Lumbar disc herniation; Neural regeneration; Pain; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BALANCED ACUPUNCTURE; BODY ACUPUNCTURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84864828810     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.21.004     Document Type: Article

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