Immediate effects of acupuncture and cryotherapy on quadriceps motoneuron pool excitability: Randomised trial using anterior knee infusion model

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-202

  Park, Jihong ^a   Hopkins, J Ty ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MOTONEURON; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866743573     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010144     Document Type: Article

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