P6 acupressure effectiveness on acute vertiginous patients: A double blind randomized study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1121-1126

  Alessandrini, Marco ^a   Napolitano, Bianca ^a   Micarelli, Alessandro ^a   De Padova, Alessandro ^a   Bruno, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 84870551008     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0384     Document Type: Article

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