Acute effects of Acu-TENS on FEV1 and Blood β-endorphin Level in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 8-13

  Ngai, Shirley P C ^a   Jones, Alice Y M ^a   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^b   Yu, Homer P M ^c   He, C Q ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84868682575     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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